Canada Wins!

The election results are in and the winner is......(find out after the jump)



The Conservatives! They didn't get the majority government they wanted (falling 12 seats short), but considering how hard and heavy the economic crisis came at the end of their strategically early election, I think, that as the incumbent party, they still have to be sighing relief. All they have to do is look south at McCain attempting to find traction amid slipping polls and be happy that they didn't get swept in the tidal wave of economic woes dragging down the U.S. incumbent party. Plus, even though they didn't win a majority of the seats in Parliament, they won more seats than last time.

The Conservative win likely spells bad news for the environmentally minded. The Liberals' touted Green Shift wll have to, well, "shift" as they say in Canada's mother land. Also, the Green Party won zero seats.

Finally, voter turn out was low.....for Canada. They got 60% turnout. Let's see if we in the U.S. can come close to 60% this year.

So one election down, and three weeks to go before the big U.S. election. Are you ready?

Here's one last Canada fun fact to tide you over: An electoral district in Canada is called a riding.  Again, who knew!