• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    Lowest voter turn out in BC history. Cons got 100k less votes than 2024, but NDP got 300k less. Turns out surprising voters is not a good plan.

    I think the biggest miscalculation was assuming that having 2 conservative parties was splitting the vote and not doubling the exposure of the popular choice.

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      It’s crazy to me that people just don’t vote. I’m out plastering anti-gov flyers on street polls, coordinating with significantly left wing associations and I still vote.

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      16 days ago

      I didn’t realize how low the count was. I wonder if it has anything to do with all the municipal elections happening at the same time.

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        I don’t doubt it.

        Unless you’re cognizant enough to advanced vote 2x in one day Id assume many people only voted in one or the other on the actual voting day.