All 3 NAFTA countries recently elected a conservative head of state. Is this a trend to worry about?

Question

Or is it just a coincidence?

Answer 1

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Seriously, though, politics always run in cycles. Centre-left governements have been in place in all three countries for quite some time. Once these governments started doing things that people didn't like and once an alternative came along who people could get behind, the voters were bound to swing the other way. Most countries from around the world swing back and forth from conservative to liberal.

As for all three countries having conservative governments at the same time: they all had liberal governments at the same time. Does that make it a trend? I know that in the US, people tend to be a little more conservative than here in Canada, on the whole, so they are bound to swing back and forth. Up here, polls show that people are not really becoming more conservative on the issues, they just really wanted a change in government. I can't speak for Mexico, however, beause I don't know a lot about their political climate.

Basically, it's somewhere in between a trend and a coincidence. It was almost inevitible. Even though there are conservative governments in all three nations, I don't think that this means that all three countries are becoming more conservative. Again, I can't speak for Mexico, but I bet it's the same, but in Canada and the US, election year politics are essentially a race to the centre.

Answer 2

Yes, I think it is a trend to worry about because the liberal parties are not putting up a satisfactory opposition. It is not a coincidence. Stephen Harper, Canada's newly elected Prime Minister, seems to be Canada's version of George W. Bush. Canadian casualties in Afghanistan have increased dramatically in number since Stephen Harper has assumed the office of Prime Minister. He has suggested that the combative role of Canada's Armed Forces be increased. In the last two weeks, it was revealed that many of the Canadian casualties in Afghanistan have resluted from attempts to stop the opium trade. What a ridiculous "cause"! Opium has been a way of life for a long time in many of the countries of the Far East, such as China and Viet Nam. The opium den is like the bar in Western countries, and opium users seem to be more dangerous to themselves than to others.

Unfortunately, it is often difficult to tell a liberal from a conservative these days. The leaders of both wings tend to have too much money. John Kerry himself is a fellow Skull and Bones member to George W. Bush, and flaunted his military past in Viet Nam as part of his election campaigning. The following links may further demonstrate the point: http://www.savethemales.ca/000594.html
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As for Mexico's leader, I know little about him. Is his last name Fox? Is he very foxy?

As far as NAFTA is concerned, it is the product of at least two conservative leaders, namely Reagan and Mulroney. The United States runs the show with NAFTA, and the other leaders, especially the conservative ones, just seem to go along with what the American presidents want. The liberals who had been running Canada for a long time prior to Stephen Harper's election victory seemed to be stealing money from the public funds. However, they were less into stealing lives through war and armed combat.

Both conservatives and liberals (including Socialists) these days seems to have a lot or "stonecutters" or Freemasons among their ranks. The Democratic Party seems no longer in nature like the Populist party that sometimes is considered as its precedent.

Algeria has gained a certain amount of notoriety for having elections but only having one party to vote for. I cannot see that elections in the United States, Canada and Great Britain are much different. Officially a choice exists. In reality, voters do not have much choice at all. (How did Tony Blair ever get back in again after sending Great Britain to war in Iraq very much against the expressed wishes of the people who had put him in office?)

Answer 3

No because even fox news is saying things in Mexico are rigged. In Canada it tends to swing either way.

The difference is in this country which will go liberal. even polls from the republican conservative fox news show conservatives losing out election time.

Americans have had it with conservatives. When the Brookings institute did a survey they found out that 78% of Americans answers were mostly liberal.

Conservatism is dead. The conservatives know there going to lose out this fall. As for the presidency its lights out for conservatives. The only one who has a chance is John McCain. And McCain is actually a moderate not a conservative.

If the conservatives do rig things up and win than god help us. The B.B.C put it best after Bush won. The headlines read "FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS"!!!!!

Answer 4

Not in my opinion, but not because I'm a conservative.

In Canada, being a conservative doesn't compare to the US, since their liberals are raging socialists.

In Mexico, if the election stands, their conservatives are little different than in Canada. To make matters worse, their Congress is controlled by socialists too. Like during the term of Vicente Fox, the President is powerless, since the Congress won't pass any laws that he wants.

Answer 5

Is it something to worry about? No.

Is it a coincidence? No

I think that some people who have supported "liberal" candidates in the past have come to the conclusion that the left can't deliver on their promises. They are giving the right a shot at it.

After all, in the US it has been over 70 years of government run welfare (back to FDR) and we still have millions of poor people with no way out of poverty.

Now, it's up to the right, but they don't have the backbone to say "The only way out of poverty requires educating your children and hard work on your part."

Answer 6

Coincidence.

Answer 7

I think its a wonderful act of democracy. People have become fed up with the liberal way, even Canada! It's taken us nearly 6 years and were still seeing the ripples of Clinton (North Korea). It takes time for a party to establish itself and even the US we wont see the real results of W's presidency till long after he's gone.

Answer 8

It's curious how you chose to use the term worry, instead of "celebrated". Interesting that the fact the majority of the people in all three countries deciding to repudiate the left-wing lunacy is something you see fit to worry about. I see it as a cause for celebration.

Answer 9

I am not worried. Voters have shown they are tired of Liberals taking their money & giving it to the lazy. Voters want to feel safe & that does not come with a Liberal in office. Hugs can get you killed with Iran & N Korea.

Answer 10

If things continue to get worse, perhaps the trend will swing the other way.