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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2008, 07:10:17 PM »

i just noticed, nunavut has really horrible turnout.

I noticed the same thing about Labrador the other week - a 10.86% margin sounds great, but it's really just 1240 voters. At those levels, 620 people change their minds or the Tories GOTV an extra 1250 people and you have a new MP. Of course, that's all easier said then done, but the turnout is obviously horrendous.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2008, 07:58:56 PM »

Voting in the northern constituencies is weird and unpredictable.

I know candidate hometown plays a large part in Nunavut, at least, IIRC.

That's what my fiancee said when I asked her about Labrador - that much of it is quite isolated, so it's difficult for people to get to the polls, so a lot just stay at home. I told her that in remote areas in Australia, we have a mobile polling booth go around a week or so before the election to allow people there to vote (and it also seems easier to postal vote over here). I can understand the difficulty, though. It being so cold and all.
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2008, 07:37:39 PM »

I'm going to miss this thread once the election is over.
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