Politicians, enterprise house owners and chambers of commerce in Waterloo Area are intently watching as Individuals forged their ballots to vote for his or her subsequent president.
Many polls carried out earlier than the election present Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been neck-and-neck when it comes to help.
Irrespective of the end result, native specialists mentioned the election is necessary to Waterloo Area residents.
“It surprises me that more Canadians don’t pay attention to the U.S. elections because we have $900 billion a year in trade between the two countries,” mentioned Cambridge Chamber of Commerce CEO Greg Durocher.
Durocher talked about many U.S. corporations have a presence within the Kitchener-Waterloo space or make use of U.S. or twin residents. He mentioned the election can straight influence these corporations and their future commerce alternatives.
“In 2026, we have to renegotiate the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. So why is the U.S. election today very important to Canadians? It’s our future economy that’s at stake.”
Durocher mentioned their jobs may even be in jeopardy primarily based on how that settlement performs out.
“I actually was thinking on the way to work this morning, maybe we should even have a vote. Because it is that important to the Canadian economy,” he mentioned.
Twin residents participate
Some twin residents dwelling in Canada exercised their proper to vote within the American election.
For different twin residents, like Grand River Democrats Overseas Chapter Chair Timothy Flannery, who lives in Elora and needed a extra hands-on strategy. He spoke to Ontario Chronicle from Lansing, Michigan on Tuesday.
“I’ve already been going through the process of challenging ballots and responding to any Republican challenges to the validity of ballots as well,” he mentioned.
Flannery mentioned he’s ready to remain stateside for a number of days after the election in case he’s wanted for affidavits or depositions.
In the meantime different twin residents can be watching intently from north of the border.
Georganne Burke, the Canadian chapter lead for Republicans Abroad, lives in Ottawa, however was born in upstate New York.
She mentioned she voted by way of a mail-in poll and her household dynamic in the case of politics is exclusive.
“My husband is in Florida right now. He’s actually a full-time resident there, so he has voted too. He is the only Democrat voter in our family. Everybody else voted for Trump,” she mentioned.
Regardless of the variations in political beliefs, she mentioned they’ll agree on one essential factor: how necessary it’s to vote.
“I will tell you the turnout is historically abysmal,” she mentioned. “Eight per cent is the average turnout in an American election from Americans living in Canada.”
Roughly 600,000 people who find themselves eligible to vote within the U.S. election dwell in Canada.
