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   The Doctor to ßeaverßait@dam.com   
   Re: NDP surge after leaders' debate in A   
   29 Apr 15 12:02:20   
   
   XPost: can.politics, ab.politics, calgary.general   
   XPost: edm.general, bc.politics   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,  <ßeaverßait@dam.com> wrote:   
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   >> On 28/04/2015 2:00 PM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   >>> Now imagine how the people of Ontario felt on September 7th, 1990, when   
   >>> they   
   >>> awoke to an NDP majority that received 37.6% of the vote.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Probably about the same as they felt when they found out Harper had won a   
   >> majority   
   >> with only 39.6% of the votes.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >On 28/04/2015 5:52 PM, Sharx35 wrote:   
   >> We do need to ditch the first-past=the-post balloting system, replacing   
   >> it with some kind of proportional rep. based system, i.e. proportion   
   >> of popular vote that a party gets translates directly into proportionate   
   >> number of seats.   
   >> No one could say that their vote was wasted.   
   >   
   >There are two parties in favour of that kind of voting system:  the Greens and   
   >the NDP.   
   >Failing a proportional-representation system, we need the coaltion government   
   >system.   
      
   Liberals are coming that way as well.`   
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