#vote compass

If you are able to vote please do so this election! It is extremely important to be involved in our politics, especially with the world being as it is currently.

I just wanted to share a resource that I have found incredibly useful in my understanding of our political climate.

Vote compass for the upcoming election (April 28th) is up now for anyone that likes to use it (if you're unaware its run but the election committee and helps you figure out more specifically where you stand on the key issues of each party, especially helpful for new voters who are overwhelmed)

So please do your part and make sure you vote this election!!!

May Commission

Illustration requested by @artypurrs

The creator of the app replied to a post talking about how Vote Compass was funded where we were also talking about its methodology.

I'm more interested in what the parties actually DO in Parliament, than how this app was funded, so I inquired about that.

(He didn't send me the paper btw.)

I continued to ask if this is based on policy... you know, the stuff that affects our lives in reality? I felt like he was dodging the question. We don't need a crystal ball when we have a public record.

I explained I read the voting record from Parliament (and you should too before you vote!!!) at ourcommons.ca and was surprised by my own findings.

And that's why I find it surprising to see the NDP and Liberals so close together to me on the compass when I take the test, because in Parliament, I find the Liberals aligning more with Conservatives on the policy I care about.

And so I asked again... is Vote Compass based on policy that actually gets done, tabled, voted on in Parliament or not? And...

IT'S NOT!

Not Sure Who To Vote For?

It's those dumb internet quizzes but for Canadian politics! And Scientific (or at least policy based)

Vote compass is a great launching point for those who are new to Canadian politics, or who want help cutting through the news to get to the policy and seeing which party or parties align the best with their interests and morals.

Once you see which parties you're most closely aligned with,take the next step to go investigate their website policy stances more in depth.

Then you can even take it a step farther and volunteer for a local candidate for that party!

Used the amazing Vote Compass resource, put together by the ABC and independent political scientists. Not super surprised with the results (a little surprised I’m apparently no longer as progressive as the Greens, but they’re still easily my #1 choice based on their positions on key issues).

And while I know that statistically at least some of my views have to align with ON’s (like on minor funding policies and the like), it still disgusts me to see any correlation at all.