It’s funny how even when you have more than 2 parties the system still favors a 2 party system. 2025 was strange for Canada because a lot of people voted Liberal to stop the Conservatives, not because the Liberal was a great option. Green party voters are particularly frustrating because they are a single issue party and their entire platform is pretty much in the NDP platform.
Yup. I was one of the ones who voted liberal when I’d really rather vote NDP but it was more important to stop the conservatives. This is why I wish we had ranked choice voting. A few months ago, I was randomly called for a survey. When they asked me which party I’d vote for if there was an election today, I said NDP. I want polls to show NDP has a chance of winning so maybe next election they will.
I get it, I have actually held a Liberal party membership at times in my life. But the last election I didn’t really see much of a difference between the LPC and the CPC, I think we’d be in the same place today if the Cons won.
Ive said it before and I’ll say it again. While I’d rather have an NDP government, if my two practical choices are a Harper-era conservative government or a Poilievre-era conservative government, I’d rather the Harper era. One will make some rather shitty business-friendly laws, the other will do that and toss on a bunch of socially regressive ones on top.
There are more then 2 political parties in the USA. First-past-the-post voting chains people to two because of the spoiler effect you are demonstrating.
It’s funny how even when you have more than 2 parties the system still favors a 2 party system. 2025 was strange for Canada because a lot of people voted Liberal to stop the Conservatives, not because the Liberal was a great option. Green party voters are particularly frustrating because they are a single issue party and their entire platform is pretty much in the NDP platform.
Yup. I was one of the ones who voted liberal when I’d really rather vote NDP but it was more important to stop the conservatives. This is why I wish we had ranked choice voting. A few months ago, I was randomly called for a survey. When they asked me which party I’d vote for if there was an election today, I said NDP. I want polls to show NDP has a chance of winning so maybe next election they will.
I get it, I have actually held a Liberal party membership at times in my life. But the last election I didn’t really see much of a difference between the LPC and the CPC, I think we’d be in the same place today if the Cons won.
Ive said it before and I’ll say it again. While I’d rather have an NDP government, if my two practical choices are a Harper-era conservative government or a Poilievre-era conservative government, I’d rather the Harper era. One will make some rather shitty business-friendly laws, the other will do that and toss on a bunch of socially regressive ones on top.
There are more then 2 political parties in the USA. First-past-the-post voting chains people to two because of the spoiler effect you are demonstrating.