People don't want to admit that a vote for any party other than the liberal party is a vote for the conservatives. They want to vote for their niche ideals and refuse to look at the bigger picture. The greens and NDP will NEVER form government, so don't vote for them.
I could easily argue that a vote for any party other than the provincial NDP is a vote for the cons. The problem is that you have to vote strategically. In Niagara falls, NDP won. You vote for whoever has the best chance of beating the cons.
At least if Ford got a minority, he wouldn't be able to do whatever he pleased, but apparently some Ontarians actually think not voting will make the parties pick other candidates. 🤦♀️ And some don't know you can still vote without a voter card!
Hey, Canada. Have you looked at Australia's preferential voting system?
Please excuse my ignorance of your system, but I hear "splitting".
In our system the person with lowest votes get their votes redistributed to the number 2 on that vote. Again, sorry if I am talking out my hat.
You are probably right about that but if we keep splitting the vote we appear to have no hope of getting rid of Ford. Risings that are being forced to close hospitals still voted conservative! How do we overcome this self destructive nature?
The left needs to get its shit together or face permanent political oblivion. We have to stop waiting for the perfect candidate. We need to elect ones that can effectively stand up to the nazis.
Unfortunately, even had all the non-conservative parties merged into one, they still would have only had 40 seats to Ford's 77. The FPTP system continues to f*ck over Canadians. Proportional representation, or even rank choice voting would be so much better than FPTP.
as far as I'm concerned, I also blame the ndp and libs: they don't care enough about this province to work together. Party politics is the downfall of democracy: no real individual representation, just party lines...
We tried. My riding was one of the conservative seats Doug Ford lost, so happy about that. I'll never understand why people who are hurting & suffering from Ford's actions still vote for him.
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Please excuse my ignorance of your system, but I hear "splitting".
In our system the person with lowest votes get their votes redistributed to the number 2 on that vote. Again, sorry if I am talking out my hat.
democracy takes a bit of a nose dive! 😔
#NEVERTrustCONS 😒
Next time is critical.
Vote.