The NDP leadership race could be turning into a nail-biter with no clear winner in sight. But it’s unclear if Canadians are tuning in.
But according to party insiders, three are likely bets to become leader: Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis and Rob Ashton.
For a FPTP system we’re actually pretty multiparty. Like you said, if you don’t vote for a party with a local chance it doesn’t matter how motivated you are.
Except that it is painfully obvious that everyone simply decides what a “good chance” is and that means most people left of the Conservatives piss their pants and vote Liberals, who are just lower-case conservatives. The only people who ever benefit from “strategic” voting are the Liberals, it almost never happens any other way. Why do you think they threw our democracy in the garbage a decade ago when they nixxed that promise?
Vote for the party that aligns with your values or don’t show up and fuck with the numbers. If you can’t handle that then we deserve what we get.
“Boohoo I voted against my best interests and now things that are bad are happening! I did this so often that I’ve helped choke out any idea that maybe we can do better, and further reinforced the idea that the Liberals are some kind of ‘default’ option.”
I mean, the Conservative party existing is a form of strategic voting - it used to be more than one. You’re talking about it as if the spectrum stops at Mark Carney.
It’s just the optimal strategy in this system, and yeah, it inevitably leads to some two parties dominating. You can be as self-righteous as you want about it - while losing.