# CanadaDopers:  Who Did You Vote for in the 2008 Federal Election?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471 "2009-09-25T03:12:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471/21 "2009-09-26T04:47:11Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> And this poll is ALL the damned voting I want to do this year!

Hear Hear!

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**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471/22 "2009-09-26T06:09:58Z")

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I think an interesting poll would be one that tallied how many people who voted for the (Federal) NDP would be absolutely horrified if the actually won a majority. (In the interests of full disclosure, I did, and I would be.)

As bad as the two party system the US uses looks, the way some of us wind up using strategic voting to try to tweak the policy at the top based on what their quantitative analysts will tell the Liberals and Tories about overall voting patterns in not really contested but demographically important areas seems far more complicated than it needs to be.

More fun, though.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471/23 "2009-09-26T13:06:14Z")

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> [@JFLuvly](#):
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> You should have added a “Did not vote” option. I would be curious as to how many did not.

I wasn’t interested in that point, so didn’t include it. Feel free to start your own poll asking that question. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471/24 "2009-09-27T15:25:13Z")

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The left in Canada is certainly represented on this board.  
[Canada Elections 2008 actual results](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2008)

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadopers-who-did-you-vote-for-in-the-2008-federal-election/511471/25 "2009-09-28T16:54:05Z")

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I held my nose somewhat and voted Liberal, but mainly because the candidate in this riding is an excellent MP and all-round good guy (despite having started his career in the Refoooooorm Party). The vote was very close, and required a recount.

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