Canada

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I donated, I emailed my candidate, I put out a sign, I talked to friends and family (they're all voters anyway)

I didn't volunteer because I just didn't have time, but at least I've done everything I could.

I am one of the ~15% that will not make a difference, I hear you

As much as I feel bad about Alberta getting ignored and shafted by the larger provinces, this is one of the few times I think they deserve it.

The damn guy so many Albertans are voting for is blatantly stating that he's going to take away Canadian rights, funnel public money to the rich, remove services, casually lie about pretty much every subject, and countless other problematic things that are so obvious if you spend even five seconds thinking about it. And this is after successfully voting in a premier that is getting sued left and right for illegal practices and corruption, destroying their public services, and constantly fighting public inquiries by making them private or the results classified.

Albertans (especially rural Albertans) so consistently vote against their best interests in favour of giving their entire province to big oil that returns nothing (not even jobs) to the people living there that their leaders have stopped trying to hide just how terrible they are and are trying to see how much they can get away with while boasting about it out loud.

I know not all Albertans are this bad (hell, I'm Ontarian and we just voted in Ford, the second worst premier in the country for pretty much the same exact reasons), but whenever I see so much blue on a province, it's hard not to get annoyed.

BTW, Saskatchewan is just as bad here, though maybe not the premier stuff.

Looks like we're in the same boat... But aside from that, I'm also annoyed that the Liberals decided to run a candidate in my riding, which before was a clear NDP win. Now they've siphoned away voters from the NDP and might give the cons the win.