Apathy
The one thing I’ve noticed about this election is that, the media not withstanding, there’s a huge amount of apathy in the population. I think I have a good chance to sample views, mostly from white collar workers who commute to work from the suburbs, and the overall theme is that “it doesn’t matter, they are all undesirable”. So people are either going to vote for the “least undesirable” candidate, or get to know their local deputé candidates to make their decision. I’ve noticed that people have great dissatisfaction with Charest, no confidence for Boisclair, and a sort of “underdog” phenomenon happening with Dumont. Still, the majority of my students (I teach adult Francophones English) are undecided. Sure this isn’t scientific, but might inform some of the speculation out there. Not much else to talk about in Montreal today. We’ve got snow, the St Patrick’s day parade (looks like a beautiful day for it - snicker) and the election. It’s going to be an interesting 8 days coming up.
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“or get to know their local deputé candidates to make their decision.”
In region people vote in majority for the local deputé candidate, in cities like in Montreal, people vote in majority for the party and/or the leader.
Interesting. After coming home from attending the exciting St Paddy’s Day parade, the phone rang and a woman asked me if I minded answering “un court sondage” on how I’m feeling about the upcoming elections. I could not have answered more apathetically. When it came to the question of which party leader I had the most faith in, I actually gave my answer as “Boff… aucun, vraiment,” which she noted down.