In his article Conservative win not big Canadian lurch to right, John Nichols makes some very valid observations about the state of Canadian politics after the last election.
Very astutely, he advised his readers that although Canada now has a Conservative government, it is a minority and was elected with only 36% of the popular vote, which means that 64% of the country voted for more left-wing parties. If it werent for the flawed "first-past-the-post" system we use
He also points out that of the people who voted Conservative, 54% of them voted strictly for a change, [b]NOT[/b] because they support right-wing policies. Only 41% admitted voting for them solely on their policies. So, 41% of 36% = not quite 15% of all the Canadians who voted (really the only ones who count, the rest obviously don't care!) support Conservative social policies...
Glad to see at least one American is taking notice! :-)
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They can if they want, they just didn't.
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