Voter Turnout

In my last post I talked about the recent decline in VOTER TURNOUT. In the last 2 general Provincial Elections the VOTER TURNOUT has dropped more than 15 percentage points. Prior to the last 2 elections we had a VOTER TURNOUT that fluctuated from the mid-60s to the mid-70s with the highest being 77.66% in the 1983 election.

• 2001   70.95%
• 2005   62.36%
• 2009   55.14%

The big surprise was the drop in 2005 as there was a controversial issue of ELECTORAL REFORM on the ballot and this created a large jump in the VOTER REGISTRY and all signs pointed to a jump up in VOTER TURNOUT. To everyone's surprise there was the biggest single drop in VOTER TURNOUT in our Provinces history (-8%). This decline continued in the 2009 election with a further -7% in VOTER TURNOUT.

2013 Election promises to be a dramatic one as the public is feed-up with the Liberal Party. Normally with the amount of HEAT on the Liberals would indicate a increase in VOTER TURNOUT. The question to ask - what happens if there is another big DROP in VOTER TURNOUT? We could see the VOTER TURNOUT drop to below the 50% mark of voters, what happens then?

This is going to be one of the most interesting elections to watch, not because of the Liberals and NDP but what the VOTERS DO!

IT IS THE TIME OF THE VOTER!