Monday, October 15, 2007

MMP

So, unfortunately this year, I was unable to vote, as my birthday is 12 days after the election. However, if I was to cast my vote, it would be FOR MMP. Have you ever wanted to vote for a Federal party, but really dislike the representative for your riding? Or do you feel like a certain party representative in your party has done a lot for you, and you would like to vote for them, but you don't want their party to be in control of the federal government? Then why not vote MMP. What really astounded me was the amount of people who didn't know what MMP is, and therefore voted no, instead of not voting either way. At least if that was done then the final count would be fair. I don't see a downside to MMP, and in my opinion, if you're going to vote, you need to have at least a rough idea about what's going on in the world of politics. My dad and I had a chat, and as it turns out, we have the exact same opinions about MMP. With MMP, you would be voting directly for your party, and the number of seats wouldn't matter. Now, in my home riding, something like 64% of people are now dealing with a party representative that they didn't want. That's about 96,000 people who currently have a functionary that THEY DIDN'T WANT. Doesn't that seem a bit bizzare to you?

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