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windwaker
Posts: 1412/1797 |
Originally posted by geeogree
that's fine... if you want to be petty and not actually respond to me, that's your choice... as the mod of this forum....
have a nice day 
lolololololol
It isn't really fair to generalize, saying that everything in the west will go a certain way; the minorities seem to be what's going to decide who wins this. |
Colin
Posts: 7904/11302 |
There's also local factors to take into consideration. For example, the Bloc Quebecois only runs in Quebec and won 54 seats last election - however, since they don't run anywhere else in the country, they only had 12.4% of the vote.
The Green Party had 4.3% of the vote, but didn't win any seats. That's what happens in this type of system. (And the British election will be more confusing next month with almost twice as many ridings to keep track of...) |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3620/5458 |
Areas in Canada like the Yukon, North-West territories, Nunavut, BC, and various maritime provinces, as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan are polling in the 20%+ region. In some areas, far overtaking the Liberals and Conservatives in a riding to riding basis. Due to the averaging out of the percentages, over all 300 odd Canadian ridings, we see that the NDP is polling well into higher digits in various areas. |
MathOnNapkins
Posts: 1748/2189 |
Originally posted by geeogree
Ziff.... I think your opinion on how well the NDP is doing is a little exagerated....
maybe you haven't been out west in a while... but the west is conservative....
and how do you poll 20%... and more in "most" regions.... wouldn't that mean you would be higher than 20% then?.... it's okay.... no one is perfect at math
I'm a math major and I'm not even sure what you're trying to argue. That the overall percent in your country would be > 20%? Answer: not necessarily. In fact it could end up quite low with the proper distributions. Unless you're just nitpicking on the distinction between "and more" and "or more". Care to explain? |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3619/5458 |
I've made a decision to start enforcing the FAQ and such more strictly. You're being belligerent and not helpful to the discussion. As such, you're also disrupting the flows of information. You may choose to begin behaving or you can face the consequences. The enforcement of the incomplete constitution is going to begin. No ad hominem attacks will be tolerated. They are unneeded and disruptive to any given debate.
This is your absolute last warning. Heed now, please. |
geeogree
Posts: 333/448 |
uh oh.... not a secondary warning...
everyone.... fear the doom that is.... well,... I'm not sure...
but fear the DOOM! |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3615/5458 |
You've been given a secondary warning! |
geeogree
Posts: 332/448 |
that's fine... if you want to be petty and not actually respond to me, that's your choice... as the mod of this forum....
have a nice day |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3604/5458 |
Originally posted by geeogree
Ziff.... I think your opinion on how well the NDP is doing is a little exagerated....
maybe you haven't been out west in a while... but the west is conservative....
and how do you poll 20%... and more in "most" regions.... wouldn't that mean you would be higher than 20% then?.... it's okay.... no one is perfect at math
Your being warned for an ad hominem attack!
(as per Math's request in the constitution) |
Vystrix Nexoth
Posts: 302/348 |
Originally posted by Blades
Quebec declares independance. Quebec fuses with an Independant Vermont. Alberta leaves Canada. BC follows.
Perhaps the latter can join Washington and Oregon (and parts of northern California) to form The Republic of Cascadia. Glorious Revolution! *raises fist* |
geeogree
Posts: 331/448 |
Ziff.... I think your opinion on how well the NDP is doing is a little exagerated....
maybe you haven't been out west in a while... but the west is conservative....
and how do you poll 20%... and more in "most" regions.... wouldn't that mean you would be higher than 20% then?.... it's okay.... no one is perfect at math |
drjayphd
Posts: 948/1477 |
Originally posted by Blades
If there's an election, Conversatives come in, Charest gets killed, Quebec has elections; Quebec declares independance. Quebec fuses with an Independant Vermont. Alberta leaves Canada. BC follows.
It's going to be a huge chain reaction.
And to think this all started because the ACC just HAD to have Miami. 
Although this discussion makes me wish the US had more than two substantial parties where the unwashed masses know they exist. |
Blades
Posts: 123/151 |
Everyone talks about the Gomery Inquiry. But what about the 2.5 Billions of the firearm scandal; one one talks about it anymore.
Hell, for 2.5B$, they could have bought back every weapon in Canada.
If there's an election, Conversatives come in, Charest gets killed, Quebec has elections; Quebec declares independance. Quebec fuses with an Independant Vermont. Alberta leaves Canada. BC follows.
It's going to be a huge chain reaction.
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alte Hexe
Posts: 3603/5458 |
I know, we're doing splendidly, us NDP. We're polling 20% and more in most regions of the country (with a chance of doing a good clean up in BC, all major urban centres in Ontario/Maritimes/most of the praries).
Plus, the defeat of C-38
Back to Gomery. I'm going to reiterate, the alternative to Fiberals and Dithers is Cracked-Out Bigotry Party of Canada. If we get that again, remember Mulrooney? Remember how NAFTA completely shafted us with a very large rod? That rod is going to get longer and wider if Harper gets in. |
Colin
Posts: 7875/11302 |
There's a window right in front of me, behind my computer screen.
If this scandal somehow results in a Harper government, I'm jumping out of it even though it's only a few feet off the ground. (Note that if it would be a Belinda government, I wouldn't be as dismayed, but they blew THAT chance.)
Gut feeling is that the Liberals escape with a minority government again if we have the expected June election - only way we avoid that is if the other parties don't like the poll results in the next couple of weeks or don't feel confident.
I'm surprised at 19% for the NDP though. Geeeez. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 3598/5458 |
The real numbers are:
32% Liberals
30% Conservative
19% NDP
The rest is independants, smaller parties, or undecided and BQ.
As for the issue itself. Who cares? Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution cost Ontario billions only to hurt the province's economy and education systems. He also made a lot of bad decisions with health care. There were scandals all over that government, but no one ever investigates that.
This was $100 million dollars of mismanaged money. There is no such thing as a non-corrupt government. I'd love to see the Liberals go down flaming and a new government come into power. But it just isn't a reality in terms of long term commitment in this nation. |
geeogree
Posts: 330/448 |
What do the fellow canadian members think about this whole situation?
For those who don't know.... AdScam is basically refering to millions of dollars that the current Liberal Government in Canada has flitered money out of the treasury and into private firms, and then got donations back from these firms in exchange for contracts....
anyway.... most people in Canada are awaiting an election in the coming weeks/months... and the last poll I saw put Conservatives in the lead with about 38% support... liberals at 25% NDP at 20% and bloc around 15
not 100% positive on those numbers but still.... Canada has been screwed over by this liberal government and it's time for a change....
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