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Not the only two options and I wish people would stop pretending they are. We aren’t the fucking US, we don’t have a two party system.
Right, I'll take your bets on NDP, BQ or Green winning the election.
That’s not how our voting system works. Why do so many Canadians comically not understand how our voting system works?
Oh, I understand, I also understand that no NDP ridings are safe, no Green ridings are safe, and the BQ will almost certainly be the swing vote of either the Conservatives or Liberals gain a minority.
So there are three options:
Liberal majority Liberal minority where Quebec has oversize influence Conservative minority where Quebec has oversize influence
I would not be surprised in the least if the only seat to go Green is May's, and I wouldn't even bet on that. I would not take for granted that Singh holds his seat either, and I would predict maybe two or three will hold on.
This one will be polarizing, and I think this one will be a two-horse race with Quebec taking third and precious little left over for anyone else.
Okay so you don’t understand what I was saying or how this whole thing works. This is absolutely exhausting.
I fully understand Canadian politics, but whatever hot take "strategic voting" opinion you have is meaningless if the ridings are polarized. There is a reason the NDP is dropping to the brink of non-party status. They aren't going to be an option for anyone's "strategic vote". That works occasionally but this is not one of those years. For the vast majority of the country, it'll be red, blue, or a wasted ballot, even in traditional NDP or Green ridings.
And you’re basing this on “I have a feeling” because there is not any hard data on this and I’m going to assume you aren’t psychic. And if you try to say polls to me when they’ve been comically wrong and biased in every election in Canada since, like, 2000, I’m just going to assume you are a moron and not worth talking to further.
Either way you slice it, throwing a vote at the NDP or Greens and staying home to file your nails is about the same thing. Your vote could help the NDP to... lose official party status, or if your heroic strategy fails the CPC will have a pointless number of seats anyway because they are about to be obliterated by the Liberal Party. I know I know, it's exhausting that your point has to be re-explained yet again, right?
Also, speaking of embarrassing, saying that polls are not to be trusted while also saying that you should vote for a third party because the polls say they might win in your riding is a hilarious bit of cognitive dissonance. Thank you for brightening a drab Monday morning with that.
No, I did not say the polls, I said that they get 1% of the vote here every election. Reading comprehension isn’t your thing, is it?
Comprehending why you're still replying to this thread isn't my thing either