It's a great outcome. Should be gratifying to nearly 3/4s of the electorate! 40% got a majority Conservative government, 30% got a strong NDP opposition and 4% got a Green party leader elected to parliament. I'd say it's not bad when 75% of the electorate get something positive from the outcome.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>wrote: > A paradoxical outcome. All the talk of getting together or call it what > you will (coalition or whatever) went over OK. Until the NDP numbers showed > amazing strength. As the numbers for the NDP grew and the Libs slid the > talk of a possible NDP govt (with the Libs and NDP getting together, > perhaps with the Bloc) seemed to drive right wing Libs to vote > Conservative. And gave the Conservatives the majority that barely seemed > possible at the beginning of the campaign, ie., before the NDP surge. > > > > A by product of the NDP strength was to eliminate, at least for now, the > Bloc. > > > > As the commentators said over and over again: Elections bring unexpected > results. As for the drop in the Libs. I leave that for others to discern. > > > > Some prelim morning after thoughts. > > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman
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