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I mean I voted but I live in Alberta and don't live in Calgary or Edmonton. Tell me my vote mattered.
Here's a link to the results https://globalnews.ca/news/11130642/canada-election-2025-results-leduc-wetaskiwin/
That vote increases funding to the area for progressive outreach and causes. You won't change the entire province with a wole new order but you are part of showing that Alberta isn't a lost cause to the left.
Seriously, this shows left wing lobbiests, charities, politicians, etc. That they can do something in the province. In the end all it may mean is easier access to insulin pumps or less cuts to medical services but that definitly matters.
It's easy to look at the big picture and grow hostile but your vote does matter.
I understand what you're saying, but a 50 point margin is definitely in "lost cause" territory.
I do try to remind myself when seeing results like this that there are still thousands of people who aren't inbred hicks though.
If you voted, it mattered
How many people didn't vote in those counties? Did they not vote because they were made believe they got no voice or because they would've voted republican but didn't think they were needed?
Was from High River once upon a time, fully understand.
“Oh wow, a statistical golden goose! Welp, that fully justifies my beliefs surrounding this. Looks guys, this one time, voting mattered! That means it always matters! And anyone who tells you otherwise is a bad person! Shame!”
I didn’t vote for Harris or Trump
My county still went blue by thousands
My state still went red by tens of thousands
Me protest voting didn’t matter.
My vote didn’t matter.
If you're in a fucked up country with first past the post ballot counting, I can see where you're coming from. The #1 thing people in Canada or the USA should be fighting for is electoral reform.
It's funny, because I'm deep in the beating heart of blood red Texas. But every time I fail to vote for a Bill White, Henry Cuellar, or Kamala Harris, I'm told it is my fault that Democrats can't keep control of Congress, the Presidency, or the Courts.
When I ask for a candidate that isn't shamelessly corrupt and favorable towards genocide, I'm told that I'm a purity troll who has been tricked by evil Chinese/Russian/Iranian bot farms into opposing The Most Progressive Ballot Since FDR.
After I campaign for candidates I like, I'm a do nothing heckler. After I march in rallies, I'm told I didn't show up for minorities or women or immigrants. After I donate tens thousands of dollars to sympathetic campaigns, I'm told that there's no place for broke loser dropouts in the party.
Can't imagine why liberals keep losing, though. They're such a progressive Big Tent party.
It's been hard to stay positive. The progressive candidates collectively got less than 1% of the vote.