Thursday’s election saw the lowest voter turnout for a provincial vote in eleven years.
Photo of Political Science professor Don Desserud (UPEI)
Only 43 per cent of eligible voters came out to the polls in 2022, despite advance polling numbers being higher than in the 2018 election.
When discussing the numbers, Don Desserud, a Political Science Professor with the University of Prince Edward Island, says the public is losing confidence in the government’s ability to actually solve problems.
“People will say things like, ‘what exactly are you there for?’ and that means that your enthusiasm for voting is diminished a lot as well. Some common thoughts among the public include, are we going to get a better government? Oh well we may not, they are all the same,” added Desserud.
Just 28.66 per cent of those in the Kiiwetinoong riding cast a ballot while the number was 38 per cent in Kenora-Rainy River and almost 43 per cent in both Thunder Bay-Atikokan and Thunder Bay-Superior North.
With files from Katie Nicholls, Mike Ebbeling & Randy Thoms
