Voters showed up with proof of ID to vote using paper ballots. Over 99% of the ballots already counted. Winner declared on election night. Losers conceding defeat and congratulating the winner. No claims of rigged elections. Democracy can be easy if you want it to be.
What we saw last night was voters moving to the middle. The far left and far right parties saw their support disappear. The New Democratic Party and Green Party (think Bernie Sanders) share of votes plummetted from over 20% in 2021 to 7.5% last night. The far right represented by People's Party of Canada (think Donald Trump) dropped from 5% to 0.7%.
Don't be mistaken by the Liberals winning again, thinking this is an endorsement of Justin Trudeau's agenda. It isn't. Carney very publicly distanced himself from Trudeau's far left policies, even adopting some of the Conservative's platform as his own. He moved his party back to just left of middle. I'm not thrilled with the results but I accept them. Hoping the best for Carney. He's a really smart guy. Time to get to work.
Replies to: "Democracy wins."
- Hail Canada! [NT]
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- Democracy wins. - Rooney - 7:40am 4/29/25
- Impressive vote counting and example of democracy. - conorlarkin - 9:34am 4/29/25
- "Voters showed up with proof of ID to vote using paper ballots." Not exactly a dem thing. [NT]
- Hensou - 9:43am 4/29/25
- Wrong, as always. [NT]
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- conorlarkin - 11:21am 4/29/25
- The quote is from Rooney. Your article cites an unpassed Act which is not Canadian style voting. - Hensou - 11:36am 4/29/25
- You claimed Democrats opposed voter ID requirements. Not true. Democrats wanted a national standard. - conorlarkin - 11:47am 4/29/25
- Not true. You're not making sense. [NT] [LINK] - Hensou - 11:57am 4/29/25
- You claimed Democrats opposed voter ID requirements. Not true. Democrats wanted a national standard. - conorlarkin - 11:47am 4/29/25
- The quote is from Rooney. Your article cites an unpassed Act which is not Canadian style voting. - Hensou - 11:36am 4/29/25
- Proof of ID, paper ballots, quick counting and debate host from independent committee, not media. I - Eli - 11:01am 4/29/25
- Wrong, as always. [NT]
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- conorlarkin - 11:21am 4/29/25
- "Voters showed up with proof of ID to vote using paper ballots." Not exactly a dem thing. [NT]
- Hensou - 9:43am 4/29/25
- At one point we had a just right of center and a just left of center party. - Frank L - 7:56am 4/29/25
- Yeh... and our species is not doing well around the world. - Curly1918 - 8:20am 4/29/25
- Which is why we need to do whatever we can to preserve the thin veneer of decency, democracy, and - Frank L - 10:25am 4/29/25
- Yeats remains relevant 100+ years later. - Curly1918 - 11:18am 4/29/25
- Love that quote and poem. Very true especially about the center not holding. [NT] - Frank L - 11:34am 4/29/25
- Yeats remains relevant 100+ years later. - Curly1918 - 11:18am 4/29/25
- Which is why we need to do whatever we can to preserve the thin veneer of decency, democracy, and - Frank L - 10:25am 4/29/25
- Yup. - Rooney - 8:02am 4/29/25
- Yeh... and our species is not doing well around the world. - Curly1918 - 8:20am 4/29/25
- Nice to hear Pierre Poilievre has lost his seat. Will this minority gov’t - jimbasil - 7:50am 4/29/25
- No. The two main parties ran on similar platforms. - Rooney - 7:57am 4/29/25
- Why are you folks so damn reasonable? You will miss out on the golden era. [NT] - Frank L - 10:37am 4/29/25
- No. The two main parties ran on similar platforms. - Rooney - 7:57am 4/29/25
- Impressive vote counting and example of democracy. - conorlarkin - 9:34am 4/29/25
- Good and bad. Good, Carney won, not so good it’s a minority leadership. Bad that this win - jimbasil - 2:45am 4/29/25
- Only Mango Man could have brought about this result. That nation thoroughly and rightly so - Frank L - 10:48pm 4/28/25
- Conservatives had a 25 point lead. Then came the Trump tariffs. - conorlarkin - 7:26am 4/29/25
- Three main drivers. - Rooney - 7:54am 4/29/25
- Word. [NT] - Curly1918 - 3:43am 4/29/25
- Conservatives had a 25 point lead. Then came the Trump tariffs. - conorlarkin - 7:26am 4/29/25
- Democracy wins. - Rooney - 7:40am 4/29/25