MayDay 2011: 22% Control Our Fate

In 2008, only 22% of eligible votes – roughly 5.1 million – voted for the Conservatives.

Total eligible voters in Canada in 2008:  22.9 million.  Of that number, here’s how the vote worked out:

• Conservative votes:  5.1 million (22%) – by the way, NOT a majority of voters
• Liberals:  3.6 million (16%)
• NDP:  2.5 million (11%)
• Bloc:  1.3 million (6%)
• Green:  933,600 (4%)
• Other:  157,000 (1%)
• Absent:  9.3 million (41%)

How many of you know at least a dozen or so of the 5.1 million that voted for the Conservatives?  It doesn’t matter.  If you know any at all, it’s important that we clearly establish just how crooked the Stephen Harper government was and will continue to be if your friends and family members vote for the Conservatives again.

If they want a small-c conservative option, there are many.  Please refer to this post for details.