I think the party with the most votes wins and democracy works best when everyone votes their values.
Sadly I think even the NDP, Greens, etc. are content as permanent 3rd parties. I can't fault folks for voting strategically if that's best in their riding, but it sucks that we settle for it.
I live in one of those "Safe Liberal ridings." Went red last election, it'll go red next election, it'll go red ten elections from now. It's a great feeling to know I can vote however I want and it won't give way to a Tory landslide, but we shouldn't feel the least bit bad about our vote in any case
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Sadly I think even the NDP, Greens, etc. are content as permanent 3rd parties. I can't fault folks for voting strategically if that's best in their riding, but it sucks that we settle for it.