Huge reason — probably? — for the big swing of seats in the #BCElection: Absolutely abysmal 48% turnout.
Possibly lowest ever.
This was not a giant wave of enthusiastic change makers. This was more like a very tired and possibly cynical shrug…
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@chris Have to wonder if any election with voter turnout below 50% should even be considered valid. Australia and others have mandatory voting.
Saddened by the election, but not looking for reasons. Those are for the next generation of progressive politicians to examine.
Instead, I am looking ahead to what the actions of this party will be.
I **am** concerned about comments by Aaron Gunn, and an unresolved constitutional issue in the #BCCons - aiui, it is entirely possible M Gunn will be the premier of BC as soon as they can arrange a by-election.
@chris I believe that history will show that western oligarchs have nearly perfected the art of manipulating our information spaces in order to influence election outcomes at arms length.
*Except Elon Musk, who seems perfectly willing to slather it all over face.
@chris Could it be the lowest turnout since Confederation anywhere in Canada?
@EdwinG could be. It’s pretty damn bad.
@StaceyCornelius @EdwinG but could still be the worst in BC history. I’m sure some news org will dig up the stat from Elections BC.
@StaceyCornelius @EdwinG almost like there is a pattern here…
@chris apathy invites uncontrolled out comes. Can guarantee the oligarchs who used old school signage methods in the last election were funding derogatory bots this time around. People lost hope as the messaging became more and more intense on ndp messaging and supporter response. I started looking at profiles of people who were pushing the vicious attacks and some had short histories with 3-9 followers. Not all, but we haven't established what is considered significant in terms of this kind of politicking.
Any read of this election without a serious deep dive into digital manipulation is just lazy. A few interesting phd's in this.