Global News -Posted November 22, 2019   
      
   Support for electoral reform in Canada jumps after federal election: poll   
      
      
   Support for electoral reform in Canada has surged after October’s federal   
   election, according to a poll released Friday.   
      
   Numbers from Angus Reid polls show that in January 2016, 53 per cent of   
   Canadians supported electoral reform. This November, 68 per cent of Canadians   
   felt the same way.   
      
   Shachi Kurl, the executive director of Angus Reid, told Global News the   
   increase in support was most pronounced with those who align with the   
   Conservative party. (ᵔᴥᵔ)   
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   Kurl noted that isn’t necessarily surprising, given the fact that the party   
   won the popular vote.   
      
   “There would be a number of people in this country who voted Conservative   
   who might feel as though they were robbed of an election victory,” she   
   explained.   
      
   The Liberals garnered 33 per cent of the popular vote, less than the   
   Conservatives’ 34 per cent. New Democrats followed with 15 per cent, while   
   the Bloc Québécois earned eight per cent and the Greens got six per cent.   
      
   However, under the current first-past-the-post electoral system, the number of   
   seats won by a party determines who wins — not the number of overall votes.   
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   The votes translated into 157 seats for the Liberals and 121 for the   
   Conservatives, leaving New Democrats with 24, including a near wipeout in   
   Quebec where the resurgent Bloc grabbed 32 seats.   
      
   In 2015, 28 per cent of Conservative voters supported electoral reform —   
   that number is now 69 per cent.   (¬‿¬)凸   
      
   “I think this is a reflection of frustration, or the sense that the makeup   
   of seats in the House isn’t what it could have been based on popular   
   vote,” Kurl explained.   
      
   She noted that frustration over electoral reform is something that tends to   
   rise after elections, but often simmers back down.   
      
   “It’s a little bit like a zombie issue, it keeps coming back,” she said,   
   noting that it’s likely a reaction to election results rather than a   
   commitment to wanting change.   
      
   Support for electoral reform rose beyond Tories, though. More Liberal, NDP,   
   Bloc and Green supporters backed the idea this year than in 2016.   
      
   Stephanie Plante, the executive director of the International Commission of   
   Jurists Canada, said that may be because of growing conversations on the topic   
   across the country.   
      
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