I look forward to your next stack once the 11 close ridings are finalized after recounts and mail in ballots. You won't be able to resist the politcogossip.
I agree the current standing of an NDP/Green minority is the best outcome for the province. However, we still could be living with a majority BC Con govt for 4 years made up almost entirely of rookie MLAs. Then we can blame the Green voters who gave this election to the right by wasting their vote on a party who would never standard chance in most of BC. A 57% record turnout is an embarrassment and highlights our collective sense of entitlement by the lack of voters.
Personally, I think the fault continues to lie in the communication and messaging of the political parties (and their often way too silent supporters) that are meant to represent the "left" side of the political spectrum. This is something that the podcast I share at the end of this newsletter talks about (ie. how much more successful the far right has been on capitalizing on the issues that should be strongpoints of an actual "left" — things like extreme income inequality, always rising living costs and never rising wages while corporations boast about record breaking profits, climate change consequences, poverty, etc).
And I think that 57% voter turnout is a good example of just how many people have completely tuned out of politics altogether — because, as I said at the top of my previous newsletter, "the reality is we live in disappointing political times."
Cheers… and here's hoping for the best possible outcomes (all things considered)!
I look forward to your next stack once the 11 close ridings are finalized after recounts and mail in ballots. You won't be able to resist the politcogossip.
I agree the current standing of an NDP/Green minority is the best outcome for the province. However, we still could be living with a majority BC Con govt for 4 years made up almost entirely of rookie MLAs. Then we can blame the Green voters who gave this election to the right by wasting their vote on a party who would never standard chance in most of BC. A 57% record turnout is an embarrassment and highlights our collective sense of entitlement by the lack of voters.
Thanks for reading/commenting (again)!
Personally, I think the fault continues to lie in the communication and messaging of the political parties (and their often way too silent supporters) that are meant to represent the "left" side of the political spectrum. This is something that the podcast I share at the end of this newsletter talks about (ie. how much more successful the far right has been on capitalizing on the issues that should be strongpoints of an actual "left" — things like extreme income inequality, always rising living costs and never rising wages while corporations boast about record breaking profits, climate change consequences, poverty, etc).
And I think that 57% voter turnout is a good example of just how many people have completely tuned out of politics altogether — because, as I said at the top of my previous newsletter, "the reality is we live in disappointing political times."
Cheers… and here's hoping for the best possible outcomes (all things considered)!