Let's hope this works, eh?

[thebitterguy]

[Poll #658382]

If this does not work, it won't get fixed 'till tonight. If it does, this paragraph will magically disappear tonight.

Edit: I COULD have removed that paragraph, I just didn't want to.

Comments

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Btw, you fucked up the last one - the correct answer is five.

Just in case y'hadn't heard.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I think I'd read of this on Wikipedia but had forgotten. My wrong. :-(

At least I got the number of separatist parties right...?

[thebitterguy]

Yep, two. Western Block & Bloc Quebecois.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and the Western Block's existence came as a small shock, especially after I learned who leads them.

[thebitterguy]

Yeah, that's a nice list of client's he's had. I wonder if he's defended any actual nazis.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I was a little surprised. Not that there were so many women, but that there were so many parties!

Doug.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Actually, I was too. I mean, I knew there was more in Canuckistania than our lousy bipartisan system here in Amerika, but had no idea there were so many with actual shares of the pie up there!

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Walt Lastewka LIB 9792 36.9%
Rick Dykstra CON 9304 35.06%
Jeff Burch NDP 5956 22.44%
Jim Fannon GRN 1176 4.43%
Bill Bylsma CHP 260 0.98%
Elaine Couto ML 49 0.18%

Here's my riding at this moment (129 0f 244 polling stations reporting). As you can see, as far as realistic "shares of the pie" go, the Marxist-Leninists and Christian Heritage Party aren't really in the same league as "The Big Four," one of which (the BQ) isn't allowed by its own mandate to run outside of Quebec.

[thebitterguy]

Did the Greens actually get a candidate elected last night? I heard murmurings to that effect.

Shit, that was a close riding up there.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Yea, as others have pointed out we only have 4 parties that ever get seats -- and one of them is only in Quebec. Which really gives us 3 choices rather than two.

But if you want to throw your vote away in America, there are actually more than two parties. The Libertarians, The Greens, and the Constitution party all had a theoretical chance of getting a President in 2004. (Ha!)

Though one must wonder at the fairness of a system that doesn't allow the New York State Right to Life Party a chance to get a national president elected from their own.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Yar.

See, I made an assumption (bad me, I know), that since there was such active discussion of the other groups, they were actual contenders. Here, we've got way more than just the few "alternatives" that you mentioned, but nobody takes them seriously, so they're not discussed like they're real.