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   sirHermitCroneofHHT (sirhermitcroneofhht@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:20 JST sirHermitCroneofHHT

   The year I turned 18 was the 1st time I got a chance to vote. I'm pretty sure it was federal. I had zero clue on who to vote for even my mom refuse to try to influence my vote by refusing to tell me who she votes for. I still don't know so I asked who was in charge of Sask & the federal government when I was a child & it turned out it was NDP & the liberals so I started voting conservative because living under those governments caused me to have a very shitty childhood education.

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     Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:10 JST Bob Jonkman

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     @sirHermitCroneofHHT

     If you don't vote for your preferred candidate, they *are* unlikely to win.

     "Strategic voting" isn't strategic, it does not get you the representation you want. It is negative voting, it chooses a candidate you do *not* want.

     Picking the lesser of two evils is still picking evil.

     And you can't vote for the leader unless you happen to live in their riding. You can only vote for your local candidate, so pick the one who will best represent you.

     @gemelliz

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     bilal (bilal@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:17 JST bilal

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     @gemelliz excellent advice! I would encourage strategic voting as well. That is, if your favorite candidate is unlikely to win, vote for the candidate you least dislike who has a better shot at winning.

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     GG 🇨🇦 (gemelliz@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:18 JST GG 🇨🇦

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     Time to remember the best voting advice:

     Voting isn't marriage, it's public transport. You're not waiting for "the one" who's absolutely perfect; you're getting the bus, and if there isn't one going directly to your 'destination', you don't stay home and not travel -- you chose the one that's going closest.

     #alberta #abelxn #abpoli #cdnpoli #VoteTO #topoli

     Bob Jonkman repeated this.
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     sirHermitCroneofHHT (sirhermitcroneofhht@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:19 JST sirHermitCroneofHHT

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     So I hear that people want to abstain from voting in this election cuz they don't feel they have a clear choice because they're stuck in party loyalty hell! You got to stop voting for the party. You got to vote for the candidate or the leader who's going to do the best for mankind & not the pocketbook! I'll give you the advice that was given to me during Klein's administration 'Open your fucking eyes & pay attention to what the fuck's going on or continue to suffer the consequences?'

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     sirHermitCroneofHHT (sirhermitcroneofhht@mstdn.ca)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 13:57:20 JST sirHermitCroneofHHT

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     I then moved to Alberta where everyone seemed to be voting conservative so I jumped on that bandwagon until someone pointed out during the last term of Klein's administration that maybe I should open my eyes & pay attention to what's going on so I did & started voting NDP even federally. I can't remember if I ever voted for Harper or if that was the year I abstained from voting because I didn't have a choice. That's when I found out about the 'If you don't vote, you can't bitch!' argument!

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     Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 14:03:09 JST Bob Jonkman

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     @gemelliz
     >You're not waiting for "the one" who's absolutely perfect; you're getting the one that's going closest.
     [paraphrasing]

     Exactly. You do not pick another one that doesn't come close simply because there's one that's even more distant.

     Vote for the candidate who will best represent you, even if they're not perfect, because it's the only way to get the representation you want.

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     Frank T (franktaber@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 14:04:16 JST Frank T

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     @gemelliz That is the best analogy I have possibly ever seen. Thank you for sharing.

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     Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 22:12:19 JST Bob Jonkman

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     @bilal

     One of the worst ways to vote is to let the media make your choice for you by relying on polls. While polls may reflect the electoral mood across the nation, they're terrible for choosing a local candidate.

     Polls have an outsize influence on elections, far greater than any "foreign interference" on social media, precisely because people do vote according to the polls instead of choosing the local candidate who will best represent them.

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     @sirHermitCroneofHHT @gemelliz

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     bilal (bilal@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 22:12:20 JST bilal

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     @bobjonkman @sirHermitCroneofHHT @gemelliz You are saying that if the day before the election your first-choice candidate is polling at 5 percent and your second choice candidate is polling at 45 percent, you would vote for your first choice candidate. I don't agree that is a wise choice.