Hillary Clinton is the next President of the United States. Much to the chagrin of many in Burnaby, and probably around the world, that last statement is not only not true, but it will never happen.
The city and many Canadians caught election fever down south this year, and one Burnaby couple allowed people from around the region to have their voice, even if it didn’t officially count.
In early September, Burnaby residents Jennifer April, who is American, and her Canadian husband Michael Matich put up election signs and a poll in their front lawn between Democrat Clinton and now president-elect and Republican Donald Trump.
April said the idea was to gauge how Canadians feel about the U.S. election.
What started out as a bit of a joke grew into something the couple never expected. People from all over were coming by to cast their ballot.
One day, April said she got a knock on the door from a Vietnam vet from San Francisco who wanted to vote. His mother lived in the area and had a copy of the NOW story. He voted Trump.
Right before the election in November, the unscientific poll had Clinton ahead of Trump by about a five-to-three margin, with more than 300 votes cast.
While Burnaby voters were with her, it wasn’t enough for America. The rest is history.
