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Seems like half are just a-ok with it.
About 40M A-oks. Only about 12% of Americans. Unfortunately, about half of the voting public. If your county has mandatory voting, thank your lucky stars.
Unfortunately, Republicans will never support compulsory voting since they benefit from low voter turnout. A 90-95 percent turnout rate would be the end of the Republican Party.
Just under half of our Conservatives are, too:
That's a lot of maple leaves. Canadians really like maple trees don't they?
I believe it's to help clarify if it's a national party (Has leaf like the flag) vs Provincial (no leaf, usually).
We have had a LOT of issues with parties being confusing (until last year, BC's conservative party was called the "BC Liberals" for example.)
Do Canadians doodle maple leaves at all? I just wondered cos Brits will ocassionally doodle a shitty Union Jack but it looks boring. Kids may do shitty "S" doodles or swastikas if they're edgy.
I wondered if Canadians do little maple leaves over their pencil cases and papers?
The Union Jack is a lot easier to doodle.
No just the S. Oh and Canada flags but with Marijuana leaf instead
Some might, though I have never seen it, sorry.
What is ppc?
People Party of the Canada. Extreme right-wing folks like Republicans. The Progressive Conservative Party is what Democrats are like on the spectrum.
Sadly, you're right.
Electoral College, gerrymandering, etc. The fact anyone thinks their vote matters is astonishing.
There are plenty of ways a vote matters even in those circumstances.
EC and gerrymandering have no effect on governors or senators. Those are absurdly powerful positions.
EC and gerrymandering also don't affect local county and city offices which can play an outsized role in how your local government and community interact.
I'd strongly recommend you look into the damage both of those elements have caused to the democratic process. I fully expected that comment to not sit right with people... it needed to be said though. Nobody likes finding out how the sausage is made. We have the technology to have a popular vote directly drive elections... why doesn't it? Simple: Control. We could, as a nation, cast 0 votes as a show of no confidence... and I promise you someone would still be elected. This is a broad topic. I wasn't referring to local- which definitely have their own issues.