Not even just progressive vote splitting.
You can absolutely sell this idea to supporters of the PPC by telling them that their party was robbed of multiple seats because of first-past-the-post. It's shocking that they haven't been advocating for this on their side of the aisle considering it would massively benefit their odds at representation in parliament.
Made a wrong assumption then, not that it means anything, but downvoting myself to make up for jumping to conclusions.
What I think is that the Greens and NDP are highly disappointing, and as much as they overall don't align with my values, I'll likely be voting Canadian Future since I refuse to vote NDP unless Jagmeet steps down and they get their leadership act together. I would have voted for the Greens if they ran a candidate in my riding like they said they would on their site, but come April 9th when the entries list was finalised, they were nowhere to be seen. Even then it was only because I've been impressed with Pedneault to the point that it makes up for May still being party head.
I just feel that we could in such a different position where people didn't have this conception of there being a need to strategic vote if these two parties actually fought like they should be. The NDP being this low after achieving Dentalcare for Canadians is beyond pathetic. Jagmeet says it in his speeches, but it should be all over the place with their advertising talking about how they strong-armed the Liberals into passing it.
Ah, so you didn't even read the comment. Congrats. Go ahead and "strategic vote" and have fun making this country ever so slightly more like the U.S. by forcing smaller parties to dissolve creating a two-party system.
Layton would be rolling in his grave seeing the lack of fight people have for their values these days.
Greens, NDP, Canadian Future. All running with proportional representation in their platforms.
So you also think not voting Liberal leads to fascism? I love when parties are entitled to my vote, that's definitely how democracy works.
My comment here summarises things.
You do realize that giving your vote away from a smaller party to a larger one leads us more into the two-party lockup that the U.S. faces right?
Always there's this one-sided thinking of "oh, but if you vote this way, then it's your fault when the party most opposed to you wins. Why do we never ask why the party that's most positioned to beat the party we're most in objection to isn't out there trying to appeal to us? Why must we appeal to them?
By deciding that your vote is a waste when it goes to a smaller party, then congrats! Your "strategic voting" dissolves support for the smaller parties which in turn leads to their eventual dissolution, and then voila, you end up like the states where the larger left-wing party ends up losing support amongst it's own base in pleas to appeal to Conservatives driving the overton window to the right.
EDIT: Quickly adding to this comment that if the Liberal candidate for my riding doesn't explicitly come out in support for proportional representation, I will be throwing my vote elsewhere. Sent an email, and keeping an eye on public events.
I mean, if they bothered to run a candidate in my riding...
Quite literally unbelievable. They say on their site they have a candidate for my riding, I reach out and email the given contact on their site offering to volunteer, I get zero response, and then find out Canada's Future can run a candidate here, but not them. Borderline pathetic.
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Point and laugh!
But seriously what the hell is with this mindset always seeming to come from .world?
And although he does not blame Trump personally for the economic downturn, “the people he’s appointed and the way they’re going about things, it’s not OK,” he said.
Bruh, one bad pick for a leader to make is understandable. Things happen. When it's the entire fucking administration, maybe, just maybe, the person heading it has more than a little responsibility for shit hitting the fan?
Good lord man, talk about a lack of critical thinking skills.
If the American faculty are so offended by that they can waltz right back to where they fucking came from.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
If you can't pick up after your dog, you don't deserve to be a pet owner.
Huh, something I agree with him on for once.