Canadian general election of 1993
After 9 years of rule the Conservative government went to the polls facing 4 opposition parties: two traditional opposition parties and two protest movements formed as a direct result of the Conservative's attempt at constitutional reform. In Quebec voters voted for the Bloc Quebecois while in the west voters voted for the Reform Party. As a result, even though the Conservatives got 45% of the popular vote, they only managed to get 2 MPs elected to the 295 seat Parliament. The Liberals formed the new government. Protest votes led to the downfall of the Conservatives.
Non-vote
Japanese general election of 2000
After 10 years of trying to spend their way out of a lingering ressession the Liberal Democrats went to the polls on a platform of continued goverment spending rather than structural reforms. Voters, protesting the government's past efforts at reviving the economy, stayed at home rather than vote for the opposition. The Liberal Democrats won the election and Japan is in for more of the same.
Good point. Remember the story a few days ago regarding Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. senior VP Steve Heckler's comments regarding Napster.
"The [music] industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what... Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this... We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [Internet-service provider]. We will firewall it at your PC."
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NY Times: Bush 229 Gore 199
Washington Post: Bush 246 Gore 236
And check out the close race in Michigan.
Canadian general election of 1993
After 9 years of rule the Conservative government went to the polls facing 4 opposition parties: two traditional opposition parties and two protest movements formed as a direct result of the Conservative's attempt at constitutional reform. In Quebec voters voted for the Bloc Quebecois while in the west voters voted for the Reform Party. As a result, even though the Conservatives got 45% of the popular vote, they only managed to get 2 MPs elected to the 295 seat Parliament. The Liberals formed the new government. Protest votes led to the downfall of the Conservatives.
Non-vote
Japanese general election of 2000
After 10 years of trying to spend their way out of a lingering ressession the Liberal Democrats went to the polls on a platform of continued goverment spending rather than structural reforms. Voters, protesting the government's past efforts at reviving the economy, stayed at home rather than vote for the opposition. The Liberal Democrats won the election and Japan is in for more of the same.
had an interesting article on the structure of the galactic center. An abstract of the article is here.
"The [music] industry will take whatever steps it needs to protect itself and protect its revenue streams. It will not lose that revenue stream, no matter what... Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this... We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [Internet-service provider]. We will firewall it at your PC."
Face, meet egg. Egg, this is face.