I think the Canadian election result is pretty interesting, and useful to think about in the context of the various American debates over the Electoral College / popular vote / US House
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Anyway, IMO the Electoral College is not really the natural way of addressing the 'regionalism' concern. It is possible to take regionalism seriously and think the E.C. has some serious issues, by essentially introducing unnecessary noise/luck into close elections
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But for those (presumably mainly liberals) who don't really give any credit to the regionalism argument on behalf of the E.C., it is worth mulling how they would feel about a one-sided vote in Alberta/Sask. basically overruling the country
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Or a not impossible future in the US, where Dems win the big coastal states (even including TX/FL/GA) but lose a high-turnout, white, old, working class American interior by a huge margins
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And lol at my replies. Folks, there's nothing about seeing the other side's arguments playing out that means you're wrong or that you have to change your views. You can understand both sides, imagine the other side, and continue to be 100% convinced in a national vote. It's fine
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Isn't the real lesson (considering the left coalition got way more votes) that ranked choice is incredibly important in a many-party, winner-take-all system?
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I'm confused Nate, I'm looking at a Canadian election map and it looks like the liberals have a pretty diverse set of seats, with large rural seats in the northwest and east of Canada. Certainly their support atrophied in central Canada, but that seems very similar to US dems.
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I hate this. Regional is important for balancing representation in legislature, e.g. But in a general election we DO NOT vote as states. One human should equal one vote. Voices from certain regions should not be weighted, & voices should not be drowned by their state's culture.
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Why should each vote have the same weight no matter what? The creators of the Parliamentary form of government did not believe that was necessary. The creators of the US constitution also did not believe it was necessary. Why do YOU believe it's necessary?
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Most of the provinces did not support the Cons. We have 2 strong pockets of climate change deniers -65% of our country voted to protect equality, the environment and our social systems. This was not a small group choosing the government it was a landslide against intolerance.
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