Someone up thread said dont vote on one issue
But we all vote for random reasons.
Many have an irrational hated of Harper. That reason will have you vote for someone else
I could never votte NDP until they abolilsh their position on Quebec separation. Right now with a charismatic PQ leader it is far too great a risk for me.
I could never vote for boy child Justin. I despise his rise to fame of his fathers fortunes. And lots of other reasons
People will vote based on any number of one off policies. We only hear what the tv or news shows us. We get snap shots. And really most people are too busy running their own lives to delve any deeper.
Interestingly, as usual, anyone not voting NDP or Liberal on this site is deemed some sort of dinosaur.
I commented on a friends face book post that i couldnt vote for Justin. She sent me a clip that was on the news last night about the idiot peeing in a cup. A reason to not Vote conservative
But last month, i didnt bother sending her a clip about the 21 year old racist dropped by the liberrals for her past face book postings. It isnt pertinent to the campaign when these oddities pop up to me. But somehow it condems the Conservatives for her
There are bigger reasons not to vote for the Conservatives. That was pretty gross, I saw it last night, and the #peegate comments that followed were pretty funny. There have been some pretty funny "ooops" moments lately. What on earth possesed him to do that (in a home he was working on - not even his own home which would be weird enough)? I feel a bit sorry for him. He probably feels pretty foolish.
I agree that the young Lib candidate made really racist comments that put her fitness for office of MP into question (and she resigned didn't she?) She was young and foolish. But she's not much older now, so...? Yeah, that didn't reflect well on her or the party at all. Since she's gone, she's no longer a reason not to vote Liberal, I suppose.
Quebec just isn't a big enough issue from here, for me, not to vote NDP. It never has been just because out here most of us feel pretty distant from that issue. I don't support separation. I also don't think it'll happen. If it did, that would be very bad for Canada, a logistical nightmare on so many levels, but it's an issue that goes back to when I was a little kid, probably before that - and it's less likely now than it was then.
I don't like everything about Mulcair but he seems like the best choice to me. And, again, I do like May - I think she's really smart (despite her whacky science - she's representing her constituents' concerns. It's BC. I can forgive that because she's good on several other important things) but she's got no chance of being PM and so it would not be a very effective vote, at this time, to vote Green, imo.
There is no perfect choice. There never is. I just think we really need a change of government.