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The Liberals Should Not Get 100% of the Power with Only 42% of the Vote (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We're at 21% likelihood for the minority status according to 338 Canada

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s just people afraid of the Cons which is understandable and they are right to be but it should have been Con voters fleeing their own party not NDP voters playing spoiler

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yet they voted to axe the carbon tax and reverse capital gains tax hikes.

Its neat that political parties are adaptable and can morph into another party, I dont see that happening in the US.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people are in for a shock when the liberals don’t even form government. This is the 2024 US election all over again.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The liberals are much more likely to form government than the democrats were in 2024. That race was neck and neck.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at the demographic shift. Gen z is overwhelmingly conservative and they’re fired up to vote. Then look at the early voting turnout. We’re going to have the same exact outcome as down south where all pollsters predicted a Kamala win and then resulted in a Trump blowout.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It wasn't a Trump blow out, he won due to the rules of our system, by an incredibly small margin, and all the polls before hand were showing a toss up race, probably in Kamala's favor by a small amount.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

He won the popular vote. He’s ruling and fundamentally changing how your country works without needing any authorization. People now get scooped off the streets and border areas and disappeared. My country’s economy and political system are under attack by your government and its citizens. He has the overwhelming support and approval of the majority of citizens in the us.

You can’t get away with all of that (and being charged criminally) without overwhelming societal support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're mistaking support for our way of life, with support for Trump. We could rise up, we could overrun our own government, on a fairly short time scale. But then we're also in a civil war. Which even assuming we win, in the best possible amount of time, with the least casualties, we still have to rewrite our laws to stop this happening again.

Or, we can sit here and work the system we have. Take fewer casualties, destroy fewer buildings, and have the same, if not better, odds of success. While keeping as much as possible, and rewriting the laws so this doesn't happen again. There are limits on Trump, and what the public will allow. They're just not as touchy as what the rest of the world would allow. Most places operate with much smaller communities, where feedback is much quicker.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes I’m sure continuing to “sit there” and just working within the system you have while your regime rewrites the rules of said system will get you a better outcome. Good luck with everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's just it though, Trump hasn't rewritten anything. He's made a lot of noise, violated a lot of norms, and laws, but he hasn't actually changed anything other than reputation. He hasn't even changed the real budget, the second easiest thing for him to do. None of his executive orders are laws, the constitution isn't going anywhere, and he's not going to be amending it any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He has the overwhelming support and approval of the majority of citizens in the us.

That’s false he never had a 51% approval rating.

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