BC local elections

[Gabu]

In Saanich the mayor won by acclamation!! How pathetic is that?!?!

We have the most boring races here.

[Gabu]

What are the parties in Victoria, and what are their ideologies?

I don't think we have parties here in local politics, or if we do, I couldn't find any information about them at all.

[Gabu]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

[Gabu]

One of the parties is the left wing Victoria Civic Electors, which ran Ben Isitt for mayor. I'm not sure which party Alan Lowe is in.

Well, if there are parties, their prominence is minimal, as I've never seen any reference to them at all.

I don't know about that, I've heard about them all the way over here in Ottawa

Well, you apparently have more references to them displayed than we do here.

By the way, I take it you two didn't bother to vote?

No.  My mayor won by acclamation and I really don't even know what he or the Saanich Council does.  Local politics here doesn't really interest me all that much.

[Gabu]

I am always saddened when people don't vote. Oh well.

I look at it this way:

- The whole point of democracy is to put people in charge who accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large.

- I honestly don't care about these races one bit and therefore would be completely uninformed were I to vote.

Therefore, if I voted, I would actually likely be going against the purpose of democracy because, were someone elected due to me, that person might not accurately represent the views and desires of the population at large because he or she was elected by someone who really doesn't care.

I think that, if you're going to vote, you owe it to the constituency to care about the race and to be informed on voting day.  I don't care about the race; therefore, I chose not to vote so as not to dilute democracy.