The winning party took 65% of the seats with just 43% of the vote. Meanwhile, the third-place party won over 500,000 more votes than the second-place party.
First-past-the-post is broken. It’s time for proportional representation. #onpoli
First-past-the-post is broken. It’s time for proportional representation. #onpoli
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In tight race ridings, voters knew the NDP promised ProRep and liberals didn't. Switch voters, strategic voters got the message and acted accordingly. If you don't promise PR then get trounced in tight races!!😀