It's odd. I don't care a lot about politics, really. I just really really really really don't want my province to separate from my country. Every time there's a provincial election, there's a chance that the separatists will get into power and have a referendum and then 50% of the citizens of Quebec will vote to separate.
It's huge, this whole provincial thing. I don't much care NOW, but I care as we approach election days and I'd be sitting on pins and needles right now, wondering when they'll call a referendum, if the separatists had won.
Your governmental process is weird to me, obviously, and I'm somewhat apathetic towards yours as well. Mine... I feel a little like... my vote doesn't count. I live in a riding that is ALWAYS Liberal, both federally and provincially, and frankly, my vote doesn't matter. But I'm trying to remember Palm Beach County, and how they had no idea their votes mattered so much. So I still go and I still vote.
I do like helping out at the elections, though. Great pay and a really fascinating job for the day. :)
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Date: 2007-03-31 08:47 am (UTC)It's huge, this whole provincial thing. I don't much care NOW, but I care as we approach election days and I'd be sitting on pins and needles right now, wondering when they'll call a referendum, if the separatists had won.
Your governmental process is weird to me, obviously, and I'm somewhat apathetic towards yours as well. Mine... I feel a little like... my vote doesn't count. I live in a riding that is ALWAYS Liberal, both federally and provincially, and frankly, my vote doesn't matter. But I'm trying to remember Palm Beach County, and how they had no idea their votes mattered so much. So I still go and I still vote.
I do like helping out at the elections, though. Great pay and a really fascinating job for the day. :)