The Coalition for Change and Make Parliament Work rally for a Liberal-NDP coalition government in Canada. Over 1,500 supporters gathered at Canada Place in Vancouver on December 4, 2008.
This logic is also invalid because the BQ did not run on a platform even mentioning sovereignty, but only on stopping Harper. Many of their voters do not support Quebec separatism. The election was an issue of accepting or rejecting the Conservatives, period.
The 2008 election was overwhelmingly framed as a referendum on Harper's government that faced a very weak opposition. People generally did not "vote against" any of the other leaders, they voted for or against the Conservatives. This is because the opposition parties all had more progressive platforms which had more in common with each other than they did with the Conservative's platform (or lack thereof).
This group, at least in part, says that there was a 38% vote for Harper and 62% for "the rest of us." "The rest of us" apparently includes 10% of the popular vote that went to the Bloc Quebecois. How many of the "rest of us" would side with a party that advocates the breakup of the country? Further facts:
74% did not vote for Dion, 81% did not vote for Layton, 90% did not vote for Duceppe, and 93% did not vote for May. Dion isn't welcomed as leader of his own party, not to mention the country.
This logic is also invalid because the BQ did not run on a platform even mentioning sovereignty, but only on stopping Harper. Many of their voters do not support Quebec separatism. The election was an issue of accepting or rejecting the Conservatives, period.
natanyahshua 3 years ago
The 2008 election was overwhelmingly framed as a referendum on Harper's government that faced a very weak opposition. People generally did not "vote against" any of the other leaders, they voted for or against the Conservatives. This is because the opposition parties all had more progressive platforms which had more in common with each other than they did with the Conservative's platform (or lack thereof).
natanyahshua 3 years ago
Dion would only be PM for 3 months.
7.5 million Canadians voted Green, Liberal, or NDP.
5.2 million voted Conservative.
KrazyTea8 3 years ago
This group, at least in part, says that there was a 38% vote for Harper and 62% for "the rest of us." "The rest of us" apparently includes 10% of the popular vote that went to the Bloc Quebecois. How many of the "rest of us" would side with a party that advocates the breakup of the country? Further facts:
74% did not vote for Dion, 81% did not vote for Layton, 90% did not vote for Duceppe, and 93% did not vote for May. Dion isn't welcomed as leader of his own party, not to mention the country.
harbar3000 3 years ago