2021 Canadian general election - Election Day and Results

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Bonavista-Burin-Trinity in Newfoundland looks to be the most interesting one so far.

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CPC actually putting up a fight in Newfoundland.

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NDP actually leading in Dartmouth… but only poll reporting.

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The mail ballots are a big question mark but this isn’t looking like a Liberal majority.

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St. John’s East looks like it’s about to flip, which sucks.

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With the partial results so far Atlantic Canada, what are the odds of a CPC minority govt?

Probably low.

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Um look at Fredericton

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How do people look at otoole and say “yeah, I want that guy to lead me”

Because they look at Trudeau and say “yeah, I don’t want that guy to lead me”

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Charlie Angus at 88%. My mom must be upset.

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TIL there is literally a riding called Quebec, that is within Quebec.

It's named after the city of Quebec, located within the province of Quebec.

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Spadina-Fort York flipped to NDP but I'm willing to bet Vuong will squeak through because I'm feeling pessimistic.

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Singh should of course go, after two disastrous elections in a row now, but there is nothing NDP voters love more than losing while feeling superior about themselves, so they will of course keep him.

Curious post coming from the most partisan Democrat on the site. Maybe game recognizes game.

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Singh should of course go, after two disastrous elections in a row now, but there is nothing NDP voters love more than losing while feeling superior about themselves, so they will of course keep him.

I'm thankfully seeing a lot of disappointment in the NDP on twitter so Singh may actually get the knife he deserves. People are pointing out how he's far and away the most popular leader, how he burned so much cash, and how he had all the issues in his back pocket yet treaded water. +3 is meh, but it's still a very rosy way of looking at it cause of Spadina-Fort York and the lack of REB - as many are noting.

The problem of course is that there is no obvious candidate with star appeal to take over the helm.

Probably Matt Green but I don’t think he speaks French.

Would also be interesting to have both the provincial NDP and federal NDP leader be from Hamilton.

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I don’t know if Angus would be the best bet. I think Timmins is getting tired of him. He’s no Gilles Bisson. To be honest I think he should step down next election so the NDP can run a fresh face.

I think more than anything, the NDP needs better infrastructure and ground game. Like it’s good they can fill 338 seats, but if you go through South Asian or East Asian majority ridings and see LPC and CPC have candidates that match the communities and NDP is running random white people, that’s an issue.

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I don’t know if Angus would be the best bet. I think Timmins is getting tired of him. He’s no Gilles Bisson. To be honest I think he should step down next election so the NDP can run a fresh face.

His result in his seat was poor but it's noteworthy that the major swing seems to have been to the PPC. Is that a particularly unvaxxed area?

Not particularly. 73% of people have one dose and 82% of people have two doses.

https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/12-to-17-year-olds-have-lowest-vaccination-rates-in-the-region-4336796

I also don't think it was the candidate either. He was just some random guy who moved up north from southern Ontatio a few years prior and he was a truck driver.

To be honest, sadly I think PPC/right-wing rhetoric plays up well in the area. I hate to say it. It's a predominantly white area but before I moved away, Timmins was starting to get some South Asian people moving in. I did hear some unpleasant things being said by people about it. That's the kind of place that is unfortunately.

edit- forgot to say this because it happened after I moved away. There's also an opioid crisis now and it's causing a lot of crime and break ins. Angus is the incumbent MP and Liberals are in government and so I'm guessing people probably think neither have helped them with this situation, so they went CPC or PPC.

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How about John Horgan. Does he want the top job?

He already has a far better one. Why would he want a demotion ?

What about Notley? Whats more likely, taking Alberta back from Kenney or getting the NDP a federal breakthrough?

Right now, taking back Alberta.