No one cares about the Ontario election. Was that Doug Ford’s plan?
No one cares about the Ontario election. Was that Doug Ford’s plan?
It's been tough to get voters to tune in to Ontario's election. It's not clear how that will play out.
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Yes, it was and it is, and it's gonna work, too - because most of us are stupid as fuck
I believe voter apathy is primarily caused by FPTP/winner-take-all systems. Therefore, the only viable long term solution is proportional representation: https://lemmy.ca/c/fairvote
People here have no idea what the government does so even if we switched systems they likely wouldn’t know it
Not voting is not a way to achieve that though. As of now, parties get funding based on the number of votes they receive, so people should go out and vote even if the candidate they want to win doesn't have a good chance.
Yes, definitely still on the side of voting in proportional representation supporting candidates! So that would be NDP/Greens.
For Doug Ford the only viable long-term solution is FPTP and an apathetic population which reliably delivers Conservative governments. Other arrangements have to be fought for.
Denmark got a voter turnout of 84% during the last general election in 2022. Who knew voting for your favourite candidate gets you out to the polls.