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    2 months ago

    A & B: you assume that voting NDP would swing the votes from liberal to them. That. Is. Not. The. Case. In. My. Riding. I’m in a riding with so close a race historically that any vote other that liberal just guarantees a conservative seat. And I’m not going to take any action that gives the conservatives another seat.

    I don’t understand how voting for someone that lied about something as big as Voting reform is suppose to inspire optimism.

    I’m not voting for the party leader. I’m voting for my riding’s candidate.

    Even if the Liberals won the next election most Canadian will still be worse off just not as bad.

    “Never let perfect be the enemy of good enough.” In your words, I’m voting for “less bad”.


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    2 months ago

    No, I could not split the conservative vote because I wouldn’t vote conservative in the first place. In my riding I have one choice and one choice only, and that’s to vote for the non-conservative candidate most likely to win, which happens to be liberal. Voting any other way is just throwing away my vote, which is a vote for the conservatives.


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    2 months ago

    Because

    a) The numbers may change between now and the election, b) even if the conservatives win, there’s a chance to keep it from being a majority government, c) voting for a candidate in my riding that has zero chance to win will not make a chance, whereas by voting Lib I support a candidate that is more aligned with my views than the conservatives, and d) despite what you seem to be advocating with your rhetoric, I won’t give in to defeatism.