Tag: strategic voting

October 13, 2008

Canadian Election: Best / Worst Moments

As the election looms, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the 2008 Canadian election and let you know what I thought were the top best/worst moments for me.  Please post yours below as well – I would appreciate your thoughts. The best moments for me, in no particular order, were the following: This rant , which was nominated ‘best rant of the […]

October 6, 2008

Understanding the “Long Tail” of Politics

I’ve just finished reading "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine.  If you’ve got the time, I strongly recommend it. If you’re not familiar with it, the snapshot argument is that we no longer live in a world of top ten or best hits.  As a population with a wide variety of interests, the people of the world are moving away from mass […]

October 6, 2008

Vote for Environment: We are the majority

I’ve changed this article, thanks to feedback from ‘jamthebruce’ (see comments below). I actually thought that Avaaz was started in Canada, but I stand to be corrected.  More importantly (thanks to Jam’s insights), it’s apparent that the notion of ‘vote splitting’ and ‘voting strategically’ is a bit of a tempest in a teapot that does more harm to NDP and Green voters than it does […]