CBC AM radio proclaimed that voters gave Ford a third majority government .
The fact that the news did not report the Conservative's vote share shows how they purposefully overlook failure of the electoral system.
(I wrote this up slightly differently and sent it into CBC but do not know if they amended their reportage)
it was not the voters who gave him a third majority government
but the electoral system,
and yes a plurality of voters.
Like previous two, his party did not have support of majority of voters.
Ford's Conservatives received only 42 percent of the votes cast.
the Conservatives received 2.2M of the 5M votes cast.
Surely that is news.
this election's Conservative share -- 42 percent -- was highest of its shares in the last three.
so a false-majority government for the third time in a row.
this time his party received only 42 percent of the votes cast.
the 80 successful Conservative candidates make up 65 percent of the Ontario legislative Assembly
Conservative party candidates (both successful and unsuccessful) received only 42 percent (2.2M of the 5M votes cast)
the successful 80 Conservative party candidates received only a portion of that 42 percent
even looking at party totals
each Conservative voter had power equal to at least 2 votes of others
each Conservative votes was worth 1.5 votes (ratio of 42 to 65)
the 57 percent of votes that went to other parties only netted 35 percent of seats. so were valued at just .77 votes.(ratio of 57 to 35)
this election's Conservative share -- 42 percent -- was highest of the last three.
so a false-majority government for the third time in a row
against will of the voters.
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