Szymon Bęczkowski<p>We should delegalise <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> voting system across <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>.</p>
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@old_hippie" class="u-url mention">@<span>old_hippie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@pmonks" class="u-url mention">@<span>pmonks</span></a></span> </p><p>that's exactly what has to happen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MAGA</span></a> devoured the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a></p><p>now the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>left</span></a> must devour the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p><p>only then can we get movement on things like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rcv</span></a> where we get viable third parties</p><p>with ranked choice and stable third parties we get to vote our conscience free and clear for once in this damn country</p><p>rather than this endless insipid need for strategy in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fptp</span></a> voting, compromising to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>centrist</span></a> bullshit that saps the will and the passion</p>
harryprayiv<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> DNC-funded astroturfer Takei: “tRuSt Us. We ReFuSeD To EvEn AtTeMpT tO sToP tHe GeNoCiDe We’Re OpEnLy FuNdInG. wE wOn’T eVeN pReTeNd To SuPpOrT sInGlE pAyEr. VoTe FoR uS. wE’rE oPeNlY cOrRuPt BuT dO yOu LiKe TrUmP?”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astroturfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>astroturfer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakeleftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fakeleftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dncoperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dncoperative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinglePayerOrGuillotine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SinglePayerOrGuillotine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dnccorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dnccorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fakedemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fakedemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tribalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tribalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fptp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GUILLOTINE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GUILLOTINE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fakedemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fakedemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CiaPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CiaPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Identitypolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Identitypolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impotentdems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>impotentdems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statusquodefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>statusquodefenders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warhawkdemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>warhawkdemocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bankerlivesmatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bankerlivesmatter</span></a></p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️<p>WHY are we not more <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OUTRAGED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OUTRAGED</span></a> when about 40% of the voters (sometimes less, this time it was 43%) routinely elect governments with policies that the majority 60% of the voters oppose. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RBV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBV</span></a></p><p><a href="http://the5thc.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-dislike-ranked-ballot-voting-why.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">the5thc.blogspot.com/2024/11/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-i-dislike-ranked-ballot-voting-why.html</span></a></p>
Hans on the Bike<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/absurdity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>absurdity</span></a> of a first past the post system. With 1/3 less votes you can win twice as many seats. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ottawa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ottawa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FpTp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FpTp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a></p>
sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@ananasparachute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ananasparachute</span></a></span> </p><p>Agreed. I know a lot of people on here are not fond of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Carney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Carney</span></a> and would rather have more of a social justice warier. I get it, and if we had proportional representation I would say vote with your heart. </p><p>But sadly we have <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> and that means voting strategically. I have had to do that for years in our riding and it pisses me off. But this time I might end up voting Liberal for the first time. Reason is to keep PeePee and his band of Nazis out of power. Its a practical matter as the CPC will kick anyone they dont like to the curb. They scare the living crap out of me.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Feike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@paige" class="u-url mention">@<span>paige</span></a></span> Funny, I didn't know that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anglosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anglosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coalition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theCword" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>theCword</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noFPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noFPTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a><br />BTW the German <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erststimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Erststimme</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a>,<br />the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zweitstimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zweitstimme</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a></p>
Feike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.de/@F64" class="u-url mention">@<span>F64</span></a></span> While the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zweitstimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zweitstimme</span></a> the most important are! </p><p>Shows how difficult <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fptp</span></a> is to understand! </p><p>One should only vote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>volt</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erststimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erststimme</span></a> if the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/umfrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>umfrage</span></a> shows them in first or second position. Otherwise one should treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erststimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erststimme</span></a> as a protest vote agianst the party you dón't want.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noAFD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>noAFD</span></a></p>
Feike<p>No <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a> it is a stupid system, because all votes on the party that does nót win are ignored. There is no such thing as a perfect election system, but I think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a> has the most flaws. I do know that the hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a> is more of a US and UK thing, but I'm now talking about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erststimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erststimme</span></a> system.</p>
Feike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/raecomm.bsky.social" class="u-url mention">@<span>raecomm.bsky.social</span></a></span> so, because of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/erststimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erststimme</span></a> system, which is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a>, only the greens win? Or was this about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zweitstimme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zweitstimme</span></a> ?</p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p>Young coworker, who recently obtained her <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> citizenship expressed her eagerness to vote in the upcoming <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>. We had a great conversation over lunch and I just spend the last 2 hrs compiling and sending information about the parties, CBC's platform-at-a-glance and the 2022 vote compass, how <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> works, how it doesn't work, strategic voting resources, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Canada338" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada338</span></a> etc. etc. </p><p>ADVANCED POLLS STILL OPEN TODAY UNTIL 8PM!I You can adv. vote thru the 26th at the riding office.</p>
staringatclouds<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenLetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenLetter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KemiBadenoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KemiBadenoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a></p><p>Oh this is just too fucking precious 😂 </p><p>Please sign</p><p><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-open-letter-to-kemi-badenoch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-t</span><span class="invisible">he-open-letter-to-kemi-badenoch/</span></a></p>
Bob Jonkman<p>At 3pm on CKMS <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CommunityConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityConnections</span></a> I'll be talking to Kae Elgie of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CooperateForCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CooperateForCanada</span></a> about their plans to overcome the problems with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstPastThePost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPastThePost</span></a> by implementing a form of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/StrategicVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicVoting</span></a>. Listen to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://radiowaterloo.ca/@radiowaterloo.ca" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>radiowaterloo.ca</span></a></span> on CKMS-FM 102.7, online at <a href="https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radiowaterloo.ca/listen</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or YouTube Live at <a href="https://youtu.be/Du2RoBvEHGc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Du2RoBvEHGc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CommunityRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WaterlooRegion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterlooRegion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ONpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OntarioElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ONElxn44" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONElxn44</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Labour and foreign donors</p><p>The article is somewhat more nuanced than the title, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> have demonstrated, along with the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> and to a very much lesser extent the Lib Dums that they owe foreign donors for their parties - come on Starmer, what the fuck are you selling? I assume that unlike the Tories, selling the UK to the Russians is de rigeur - been there, done that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> gives these bastards a chokehold. End it now.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.02.03-182045/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/starmer-received-4m-cayman-hedge-fund-dropping-ban-on-foreign-donors-7vp0mdlv8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.02.03-18204</span><span class="invisible">5/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/starmer-received-4m-cayman-hedge-fund-dropping-ban-on-foreign-donors-7vp0mdlv8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a></p>
Patrick Sudlow<p>'Here’s how we’ve briefed MPs ahead of the Westminster debate on proportional representation' <br /><a href="https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-how-weve-briefed-mps-ahead-of-the-westminster-debate-on-proportional-representation/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ers-email&utm_campaign=blog-roundup&utm_content=ERS+News:+30+Jan+25+B" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-</span><span class="invisible">how-weve-briefed-mps-ahead-of-the-westminster-debate-on-proportional-representation/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ers-email&utm_campaign=blog-roundup&utm_content=ERS+News:+30+Jan+25+B</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fptp</span></a></p>
David Bailey<p>Polly Toynbee makes a very good point. If you want to prevent a far right-wing takeover, you need <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> which prevents them getting a majority voice in parliament. Even if you give the right a few extra seats, it helps expose their exclusionary policies so that the public can see, understand, and keep them diminished. </p><p>So, why has <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> gone quiet on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> instead of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a>! 🗳️<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/donald-trump-uk-far-right-electoral-reform-keir-starmer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/21/donald-trump-uk-far-right-electoral-reform-keir-starmer</span></a></p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️<p>Tories on track for the usual Canadian <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMP</span></a> scenario of 100% of the power with 40% of the vote</p><p><a href="https://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2025/01/conservative-lead-narrows-to-11-points/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ekospolitics.com/index.php/202</span><span class="invisible">5/01/conservative-lead-narrows-to-11-points/</span></a></p>
Richard Ashwell<p>When Justin Trudeau resigned, he said he regretted leaving the First Past the Post voting system in place.</p><p>I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.</p><p>Sign here: <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/warn-starmer-dont-have-the-same-regret-as-trudeau" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/forms/warn-s</span><span class="invisible">tarmer-dont-have-the-same-regret-as-trudeau</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MakeVotesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeVotesMatter</span></a></p>
Ross of Ottawa<p>Best path forward for Canada would be for NDP and Liberals to announce a temporary merger, with the sole goal of installing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RankedBallot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RankedBallot</span></a> system to end <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FPTP</span></a>. </p><p>That done, the parties could separate and we could avoid both hells – sliding into a two-party system and a fascist conservative majority. </p><p>Even the conservatives themselves would likely split into sane vs MAGA-wannabe groups and we'd eventually have a tapestry of representation instead of perpetual polarization.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cdnPoli</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>The answer: </p><p>#1: 1958 Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservatives won 53.6% of the popular vote and 208 seats. He beat Lester Pearson’s Liberals. The CCF came third with 8 seats.</p><p>#2: 1984 Mulroney’s Progressive Conservatives won 50.03% of the popular vote and 211 seats over John Turner’s Liberals with the NDP finishing third with 30 seats. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CPPotD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPPotD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a></p>
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