Comments on: Post-election happiness and relief (but not what you think)

By: jocelyn

jocelyn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:18:03 +0000

yeah – but then we got to hear Ujjal’s absolutely astonishing outbursts on CBC radio the night of and the day after the election, when he was pretty sure that he had either a) lost by a little, or b) won by too little to count. I’ve never heard a politician come so close to swearing so many times in one 10 minute period. He doesn’t face the threat of loss well – I wonder what would happen if he’d lost?

By: gillian

gillian — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:13:41 +0000

@melanie For the lesson, do you mean your example, or my example? My example is specifically a lesson for strategic voting vs. voting with your heart. People were told that Ujjal was going to win, and could vote for whomever they wanted to show support for their favourite party. However, if these same people didn’t want the Conservative to win, they should’ve voted Liberal. Then the margin between Ujjal and Young would’ve been greater and we would’ve never needed the recounts.

By: melanie

melanie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:02:34 +0000

Yay ujjal.
I remember another recount, several elections ago, in my old provincial riding Peace River South. My friend and candidate for the NDP requested a recount when the margin between him and the liberal candidate was similarly slim. After the recount the margin was even slimmer. I think it is a good lesson to vote with your heart and not to vote with some kind of strategic notion of keeping someone you don’t like from winning.