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> As an example, they keep voting Trudeau back into office. That's more just an accident due to how Canada's electoral system happens to behave. During the 20
by VancouverMan 3y ago
> As an example, they keep voting Trudeau back into office.
That's more just an accident due to how Canada's electoral system happens to behave.
During the 2019 federal election, the Liberal Party received 33.12% of the votes, and got 157 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservative Party had more votes at 34.34%, but only got 121 seats.
A similar thing happened in 2021. The Liberal Party received 32.62% of the votes, and got 160 seats. The Conservative Party again had more votes at 33.74%, but only got 119 seats.
Even his 2015 majority government only received 39.47% of the vote.
1984 is the last time I can think of when a majority government in Canada actually received over 50% of the vote, and even then it was only 50.03%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Canadian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Canadian_federal_election