Vancouver Island Recount Result: Liberal celebrity wins by a nosehair
Wow, that was fun. After looking at ballots all day, I’m off to watch paint dry.
A full recount did not change the outcome in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca substantially. The media is reporting that the number of disputed ballots exceeded the number of votes separating the Conservative, Troy DeSouza, and the Liberal, whatshisname. They also reported that the official recount request was withdrawn, presumably because the outcome would be the same in any case.
Sigh.
What made election night such a ride was that we actually won most of the areas in the riding. So we saw this momentum building all night – to the point where we were winning by 700 votes at one time. Then results for the Esquimalt part of the riding arrived, and we got hammered.
For number fun – if the Esquimalt part of the riding (about 13% of the overall population) was in the neighbouring Victoria riding instead, this seat would have gone Conservative by well over 1000 votes. Of course, the missing 68 could have come from anywhere, but it is interesting that the riding can overwhelmingly vote one way only to have a tidal wave of votes from 1/8th of the area go the other way to result in the opposite outcome. Maybe this happens all the time, I’ve just never seen it (and experienced it on election night) firsthand, so I find it intriguing.
Anyway, we went from third place to an “almost win” running against the godlike celebrity Liberal maverick, so I’ll consider it a small victory.
I’m off to cry now (I never got a chance on election night).
Somebody write a comment about something other than how great whatshisface is, like the last time I blogged on this topic.
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