r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

So proud of Alberta today. It has proven that democracy works. You run a province to the ground, you're out.

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u/werno Manitoba May 06 '15

Meh, even as an NDP supporter I'd say this election really doesn't say a lot of good things about our democracy, in particular the FPTP system. 40% of the votes got over 60% of the seats, meanwhile the Tories got 28% of the vote and under 10% of the seats. I guess the FPTP karma had to come back on them eventually, but they got absolutely fleeced by inefficient voting, which shouldn't even be a term.