I continue to have a great deal of admiration and respect for Biden, despite all his recent likely age related difficulties. He yet again has put his country first and has done what is right.![]()
Joe Biden ends election campaign and endorses Kamala Harris to be new nominee
Joe Biden drops out of presidential race against Donald Trump, endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris to be the new Democratic nominee.www.bbc.com
Province | Seat Allocation | Current pop July 23, 2024 | ppl/seat | Seats if even (using 121,629/seat) *among provinces only | Difference from current (seat numbers) |
ON | 122 | 16,201,473 | 132,799 | 133.2 | 11.2 |
QC | 78 | 9,112,073 | 116,821 | 74.9 | -3.1 |
BC | 43 | 5,713,362 | 132,869 | 47.0 | 4.0 |
AB | 37 | 4,917,445 | 132,904 | 40.4 | 3.4 |
MB | 14 | 1,500,200 | 107,157 | 12.3 | -1.7 |
SK | 14 | 1,242,716 | 88,765 | 10.2 | -3.8 |
NS | 11 | 1,082,207 | 98,382 | 8.9 | -2.1 |
NB | 10 | 861,275 | 86,128 | 7.1 | -2.9 |
NL | 7 | 543,865 | 77,695 | 4.5 | -2.5 |
PEI | 4 | 179,205 | 44,801 | 1.5 | -2.5 |
All | 340 | 41,353,821 | 121,629 |
Interesting. While Alberta's difference is only 3 seats or so, I suspect that 40 vs. 37 may make more difference here than say where in Ontario they wouldn't notice almost a dozen because well they still decide elections anyways.
While this is true, I look at it a bit differently than that. Yes on a granular level all three parties do win seats in Ontario and are competitive in others.I would look at it a little more granularly than that. Ontario delivers very diverse results for all 3 parties, rather than the Conservative wall that comes from Alberta. Ontario doesn't really function as an electoral monolith that decides elections. There isn't really an electoral path for any party that doesn't rely on other regions in addition to Ontario seats.
That said, a huge proportion of ridings that can easily move between parties are in suburban Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - and especially Greater Toronto. I'd suggest that framing.
Yeah, but the conservatives side didn't like the progressive side or really want them in the party and it turned out there were more of the former so they took over and went in a different direction.Isn't that what the Progressive Conservative Party was supposed to be -- it is right in their name.