*nods* Me too. I have to rely on the headlines from CBC and one of the local newspapers for my area, but even that limited exposure terrifies me. It's why I'm feeling conflicted - if I vote NDP and my seat goes NDP, but the government ends up Conservative by a small margin, I'll feel awful because I could have done something to prevent it (in a small way, admittedly). OTOH, if I vote Liberal and the they get in anyway by a margin but my seat stays Liberal, it will feel rather like voting back here in Britain.
I hate negative voting - I want to vote for a party that I acually like and respect - but it's difficult to decide. As I said, my vote here doesn't count for beans so I've never had to make a voting decision that could actually affect the outcome in any way.
My main concern is that people VOTE, regardless of whom it's for.
Ditto. I'm a big fan of the democratic process and I can never understand why anyone wouldn't vote. It can affect so much about the country you live in - I only have to look at the USA to see that.
It's going to be a more-than-usually obnoxious holiday season here, what with all the politicking. Bah.
Bleh. Yeah. That does suck. At least over here, the politicians take Christmas Day off. Although we do get to laugh at the party leaders' choice of official Christmas cards *g*
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Date: 2005-12-03 05:21 pm (UTC)*nods* Me too. I have to rely on the headlines from CBC and one of the local newspapers for my area, but even that limited exposure terrifies me. It's why I'm feeling conflicted - if I vote NDP and my seat goes NDP, but the government ends up Conservative by a small margin, I'll feel awful because I could have done something to prevent it (in a small way, admittedly). OTOH, if I vote Liberal and the they get in anyway by a margin but my seat stays Liberal, it will feel rather like voting back here in Britain.
I hate negative voting - I want to vote for a party that I acually like and respect - but it's difficult to decide. As I said, my vote here doesn't count for beans so I've never had to make a voting decision that could actually affect the outcome in any way.
My main concern is that people VOTE, regardless of whom it's for.
Ditto. I'm a big fan of the democratic process and I can never understand why anyone wouldn't vote. It can affect so much about the country you live in - I only have to look at the USA to see that.
It's going to be a more-than-usually obnoxious holiday season here, what with all the politicking. Bah.
Bleh. Yeah. That does suck. At least over here, the politicians take Christmas Day off. Although we do get to laugh at the party leaders' choice of official Christmas cards *g*