2021 Canadian general election - Election Day and Results

[adma]

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

If anyone would be helped by mail-in ballots, it'd be him (by default)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Quite a pathetic result for the NDP. A review on his leadership and electoral strategy needs to held.

REB for leadership

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Brosseau

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

Just like until the mid-90s, there was a riding named Ontario that was within Ontario.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_(electoral_district)

One wonders how it got that name.

[Mr. Morden]

O'Toole saying that "if you worship on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, everyday, or not at all, there is a place for you in the Conservative Party".  How would that go over in the United States if the Republican leadership said that?

In the US, that would be interpreted to mean that fans of high school, college, and professional football are all welcome in the party.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Blanchet just finished his speech. How good was it, y'all think?

[adma]

I think the slowest counting riding right now is King-Vaughan in the 905, which flipped blue while we were down. Would be a lol moment that the cons lose two York seats but flip one.

I don't know how many people would have imagined that Vaughan-Woodbridge would have been a closer call than Richmond Hill.  (Such is demographics: the Vaughan ridings lack the massive Lib-shifting Chinese electorate evident in Markham & Richmond Hill)

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Jagmeet Singh now speaking.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Damn and blast. We’ll see though.

Speaking of the NDP, why do they do so well on Vancouver Island? Is there a particular demographic out there that they do well with across the country, but is in high concentration, or are they just a very left wing area?

[adma]

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

Just like until the mid-90s, there was a riding named Ontario that was within Ontario.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_(electoral_district)

One wonders how it got that name.

A vestige of Ontario County (which was dissolved on behalf of Durham Region in 1974)

[GALeftist]

What a colossal waste of time. The only thing that can redeem this is if REB somehow squeaks it out. Or that NDP candidate in Saskatoon West who looks like a kindly Pixar character.

[politicallefty]

CBC calls Calgary Skyview for the Liberals. Conservative are denied a clean sweep of the city and Liberals are back on the map in Alberta. Liberals are also leading in Edmonton Centre, but it remains too close to call.

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Kind of amazing how similar the seat totals are looking to last time.

[Oryxslayer]

Ok Question time: Liberals look like they really gained with the Chinese - both Hong Kong and Mainland - vote which allowed him to get seats in new areas, some not won in 2015. There is one seemingly obvious thing one might obviously attribute this to: the same culture we saw in California's Vietnamese where you want stability in a crisis. Anything else one can think of? I'm no judge of whether the relationship with the homeland is positive or not, so people might like or disapprove of any hawkish moves.

[Horus]

Ok Question time: Liberals look like they really gained with the Chinese - both Hong Kong and Mainland - vote which allowed him to get seats even in Richmond not won in 2015. There is one seemingly obvious thing one might obviously attribute this to: the same culture we saw in California's Vietnamese where you want stability in a crisis. Anything else on can think of - I'm no judge of whether the relationship with the homeland is positive or not, so people might like or disapprove of any hawkish moves.

East Asian voters seem to love unnecessarily harsh COVID restrictions.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/maxfawcett/status/1440180182711562246?s=20

[adma]

Ok Question time: Liberals look like they really gained with the Chinese - both Hong Kong and Mainland - vote which allowed him to get seats even in Richmond not won in 2015. There is one seemingly obvious thing one might obviously attribute this to: the same culture we saw in California's Vietnamese where you want stability in a crisis. Anything else on can think of - I'm no judge of whether the relationship with the homeland is positive or not, so people might like or disapprove of any hawkish moves.

East Asian voters seem to love unnecessarily harsh COVID restrictions.

Yeah, remember that we're dealing with something that's been racist-stereotyped as the "Wuhan Virus" or the "Kung Flu"--plus, don't forget how Toronto was an epicentre for the SARS crisis...

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

It seems Trudeau's speech is coming soon.

[Oryxslayer]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/maxfawcett/status/1440180182711562246?s=20

I frankly think the knifes will be out for everyone except Blanchet after tonight, cause they all are taking Ls. Different times of course though. Trudeau after a crisis he fumbles, O'Toole soon but he might survive, Singh should but he might not without any obvious stars to challenge, and Paul duh.

[Lief 🗽]

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.

[MaxQue]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/maxfawcett/status/1440180182711562246?s=20

Matt Green? That racist toad?

[Pericles]

Do the Tories have anyone with charisma? O'Toole seems boring so while he does ok at reassuring voters he likely isn't the strongest possible leader. Of course Scheer and Harper weren't charismatic either.

[2952-0-0]

Conservatives down 13.5% in Alberta since 2019. Wooow.

[Epaminondas]

Have the Liberals won most of the squeakers again?

[Vosem]

Do the Tories have anyone with charisma? O'Toole seems boring so while he does ok at reassuring voters he likely isn't the strongest possible leader. Of course Scheer and Harper weren't charismatic either.

It would feel very strange to keep O'Toole after a failure to gain any seats in spite of leading mid-campaign, while Scheer was knifed for insufficient gains.

Rona Ambrose, maybe, if she wants to come back. MacKay and Bernier, the last two leadership runner-ups, are both right out for different reasons, Leslyn Lewis is still way too inexperienced, and most of the 2017 candidates were right out for various reasons. If they decide a French leader is the way to go, Gerard Deltell feels like an obvious choice. Brad Wall and Christy Clark were both pretty successful provincial-level leaders.

There's no obvious name, but I also distinctly can't think of anyone who'd be better than Ambrose. Michelle Rempel is kind of like a younger version of Ambrose, so I guess maybe she'd work too.

[Oryxslayer]

Have the Liberals won most of the squeakers again?

Not really, plenty of Tory squeakers this time. In fact there are more squeakers, which may be why the CPC vote lead goes up despite going down in the safe seats - they closed the gap in good areas and won some seats, but lost many more.

[Holmes]

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.