Dr. Yubsie
Holy shit the New Brunswick provincial election is WILD
Dr. Yubsie
Final tally is Tories 22, Liberals 21, People's Alliance 3 and Greens 3
Dr. Yubsie
The outgoing Liberals have requested first go at determining is if they can obtain the confidence of the House and the Lieutenant Governor has agreed
Dr. Yubsie
And then if he can't, the Tories get to try
Dr. Yubsie
... basically NB is probably going to have another election within the next year 
Lofwyr
so they won't be able to secure a coalition with the greens or alliance?
Dr. Yubsie
That's one possibility
Dr. Yubsie
Whichever party is able to obtain the confidence of the house may also try to work wtih the other parties on a case by case basis
Dr. Yubsie
This is putting WAY more power in the hands of the People's Alliance than I'd like because they are exactly the sort of party you'd guess from a name like that
Lofwyr
ew
Dr. Yubsie
Racist iwth a side of "fuck French"
Dr. Yubsie
Because blaming billingualism is easier than actually find a solution
Flash Bastard
'The people's alliance, but only if those people are white English speakers.'
Dr. Yubsie
Well yes, obviously anyone else are not people
Dr. Yubsie
You jsut have to say the name and the immediate reaction is "So they're the racist party, right?"
lucineblue
yeah they're awful and i hate them
lucineblue
I voted liberal myself but honestly it was a rough choice
lucineblue
because i like the platforms of the ndp and the green party to some points
lucineblue
but also...
lucineblue
the people alliance actually had... money?? compared to the ndp
lucineblue
which disturbed me
Dr. Yubsie
Very disturbing
Dr. Yubsie
WTF happened to the NDP
lucineblue
after elisabeth weir left they just
lucineblue
had no money
lucineblue
that's literally it according to my friend who works with them; they had no budget
Dr. Yubsie
wooow
lucineblue
there were barely any signs for them this year
lucineblue
people's alliance had a ton
Lampy
My riding is the one where the Liberal candidate won with a 10 vote lead! 
Lampy
And yeah, dang, the NDP was just... not there. At all.
Lampy
I'm just pleased that the PC dude that kept showing up at my house and ambushing me while I was getting coffee didn't win.
Lampy
The rest, dang, man, I don't know. What a weird province.
Dr. Yubsie
No one in NB is ever allowed to say they don't vote because it won't matter EVER AGAIN given how close some of these were
Lampy
No fucking kidding
lucineblue
in my house; if you don't vote, you don't have the right to complain about the government :Va
Lampy
That's how it worked in my house growing up, too!
Lampy
I like it. it's a good principle.
lucineblue
mhm
lucineblue
people love to complain so it's a great motivation to vote
lucineblue
plus you know, civic duty and wanting to influence change in our province/country