• SamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Really no reason to even think about voting for Liberals now that the whole strategic voting thing isn’t even plausible thing with the current polling.

      • lemmyng@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Strategic voting is still totally a plausible thing in my riding. Conservatives are consistently at 40% or so voter count, so I either vote for the liberal candidate that has been able to beat the cons by 1%, or I split the vote and hand the cons another riding.

        • SamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          What does that change in the grand scheme of things.

          In itself is strategic voting only about one election one riding at a time what about the nation and the future beyond 4 years?

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            1 year ago

            Not giving the cons a federal government is the better of the long term strategies. We know the Conservatives want to emulate what’s going on south of the border, and since I want to keep funding public services I’m going to swallow my pride and vote accordingly. Yes, an NDP win would be welcome, but I’ll settle for a PC loss.

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              1 year ago

              And I fucking hate it. I am in a solid blue riding, so it really doesn’t matter who I vote for, I really wanted electoral reform like he promised.

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                1 year ago

                Ehhh, it probably wouldn’t actually inspire change, but it would be nice if the Liberals came in a very distant last in every riding they didn’t have a chance at winning.