I said before I was voting Conservative, and today on election day I haven’t changed my mind. Everything I’ve seen since then (particularly the Liberal attack ads) has strengthened my decision to not vote Liberal.

At the same time, I’ve seen some good things from Layton. I think I’ll be watching the NDP more closely next election and giving them some more credit.

However, this time it’s Harper. I’m voting Conservative. Not with a “strong” amount of trust or faith in them. Consider this a “minority vote”, because they’ve yet to give me a reason to like or trust them. However that’s better than most of the parties and most of the leaders which seem to actively be trying to push me away.

I don’t really feel so odd voting Conservative. In the grand scheme of things, Canadian politics is just about as centrist as you can get. In any given year, most parties will agree on taxation, military spending, healthcare and educational issues, etc. Maybe not on key specific decisions, but overall everyone wants to see taxes down, the country safe and our soldiers provided for, healthcare and education improved, etc. We don’t have very many truly divisive issues, so the reality is that it’s really hard to vote idealogically.

All the best to every Canadian who is largely unaligned with a party (like me). This will be a day of holding our breaths to find out what happens. I may live-blog the election, or I may not. I haven’t decided yet. Either way, best of luck Canada.