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Another thing to consider is that many people simply aren't that engaged, and the news ecosystem on both sides of the border has deteriorated to the point where it's very easy to go through life with bad information, or no information at all.
It's probably not that hard for a low-information voter to be swayed by big talk, even if they're not a cultist.
I think it's a nuanced question - I've heard that the Cuban community in Florida is very Republican because they're seen as stronger against the Cuban regime.
In other cases, I think people are very willing to vote for people who promise to help them with their most immediate problems (regardless of how credible those promises are), and overlook the rest.
And we should never underestimate the willingness of people to close a door behind them once they've gotten through it.
One thing he doesn't touch on (much) is that a significant number of NDP supporters - probably "working class" supporters - seemed to flip to the Conservatives, and not the Liberals.
The party is going to have to reckon with that, too.
It's probably another move to distance himself from Trudeau's choices.
That's up to the CPC.
Carney said a byelection should be held as quickly as possible to give Poilievre an opportunity to win a seat in the House of Commons, if that’s what the Conservative Party wants.
Carney's message is that he's not interested in playing Parliamentary games. I'm not convinced it's a good idea, but it's an interesting move.
No sitting PM wants to be seen spending millions on "their" house, and costs have skyrocketed thanks to decades of neglect.
On top of that, the house itself doesn't really meet the needs of the role, and both the house and grounds are considered inadequate from a security perspective.
That is definitely an assumption you could make.
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and blame a technical glitch, and totally not human error.
Fixed.
politics favors short-term thinking
So does biology. Immediate gratification wins out over delayed gratification almost every single time.
Singling out the bit that's most interesting to me:
When Cryptic passed the mantle to us folks here at DECA, one of the things we discussed internally and something we felt, and continue to feel, very strongly about was the importance of continuing their legacy - and this means concluding the current story arc in such a way as to remain true to Al Rivera and Paul Reed’s vision of what that story was about. Fortunately, we’ve benefitted from a continuing collaboration with the remaining Cryptic staff, utter professionals like Thomas Marrone and Jeremy Randall (and many others!), who have been indispensable in ensuring we understood what that previous vision was and the primary beats required to do it justice.
The fundamental challenge here was, of course, to get our heads around a game with such a deep, intricate and long-lived history, with so much STO-specific lore. So lots of research and lots of discussions to tease out the nuanced detail. The only significant change we made was to introduce one additional episode into the current arc, which we felt was required to fully explore the epic story arc that we have inherited.
It's so weird to hear it referred to as "Netflix series" in the American trades...
In any case, I've been meaning to check it out. The buzz has been positive, and CBC has been promoting the hell out of it.
These are strange times indeed.
This election was so weird in so many ways, I think it will be some time before we fully understand what it all means.
Also, it's annoying that they don't make their little inforgraphics clickable, so here's a direct link to that.
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That's gonna be a "no" from me, dawg.
It's a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s.
That he still lost is astonishing, and it'll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward.
But I suspect they'll keep him around.
Yeah, they'll probably just parachute him into an Alberta riding. We're not rid of him yet.
A few scattered thoughts on this:
- The NDP are leaderless, and are therefore agendaless until they can get organized again.
- They're also probably broke, and in no position to fight another election.
- While they certainly hold a good position in the new HoC, there's bound to be some introspection about how that worked out for them last time.
That probably means you keep good company - I would trust polls over anecdotes.