Wednesday, October 15, 2008

On absent Liberals

Comparing the final 2008 vote totals to those from 2006, it's worth noting that the main theme for most of the parties was actually a remarkably stable number of voters. The Cons, New Democrats and Bloc each lost between 80,000 and 150,000 votes - making for some slight disappointment in turnout, but certainly not a major change from the last election.

Which brings us to what looks to be the largest factor in both the changes in the parties' share of the popular vote and voter turnout, as roughly 850,000 Lib voters stayed home this year compared to 2006. Now where could they have picked up the idea that it's fine not to show up to vote when it counts?

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