What it's "looking" like is irrelevant. Fact of the matter is that if the 2/3's of eligible voters that don't vote, got off their asses and went to the poll, they could swing an entire election whatever direction they wanted.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I can see the argument in Alberta for not voting though. We don't have enough seats to make a difference really, and it's going blue either way in our Province. But personally I still can't leave it to chance. I went and voted on Saturday at early voting. Took a total of about 3 minutes of my time on the way to the grocery store. Plus if I don't vote, I sure as hell don't have any foot to stand on as far as bitching about the result if I don't like it.
And as far as it making a difference if cons or libs get in, hell yes it matters!! Look at how fucked our economy has gotten with just 4 years of libs. On a personal selfish level it's really just a difference of a few grand a year in extra taxes. But this is a slippery slope with a bad ending in the future if it is allowed to continue. So I feel on a large scale, it is pretty damn important who gets in next.