I’ve voted in every single election for which I was eligible since I was 18. Every federal election, every provincial election, every municipal election. That’s a lot of elections. And I’ve always known well in advance who I would be voting for….except for this one. I am finally in that highly desired and most desperately sought-after segment of the population – the undecided voter who always votes. My vote could go to the NDP (as usual) or the Liberals (call it an anti-Harper vote rather than a pro-Martin vote) or the Green Party (if one of the other two parties has my riding sewn up by election day).
It’s going to be an odd election, I think. I’ve talked to quite a few undecideds and people who are crossing party lines and voting strategically. I’ve talked to people who are voting NDP for the first time ever, and others who are voting Liberal for the first time. (Very few people I talk to are admitting to voting Conservative, except for one online Alberta friend, and an Ottawa friend’s brother.)
I hope the pollsters call me so I can be the elusive, important Undecided Voter, the one whose Opinion Matters, the one whose vote will Determine the Outcome.
Vote NDP.
The Liberals have failed to earn your support after 12 years of arrogance and corruption, and the conservatives are a Canadian version of the Republican party if the USA.