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I hate strategic voting and I'm holding my nose and voting for Carney anyway to keep Polievre out. I wish the NDP wasn't such a mess. But I don't want Canada to get into bed with the orange rapist.
Vote early, but vote once, please!
I’m in the same boat. I like what the NDP has to say most of the time, but sadly that’s not the kind of election we’re having this time around.
It's just my little joke.
I would like the NDP to get a new leader. I don't dislike Jagmeet, but things have not gone well. My kingdom to resurrect Jack Layton.
I admired Jack Layton!
Don't forget that Layton was the one who moved the NDP closer to centrist.
Tommy Douglas would be apoplectic at what the CCF/NDP has become.
Jack Layton died as he was hitting some of his highest points of popularity, which leaves the trajectory of his plan as literally and fundamentally unknowable.
In May, the NDP, for the first time, won enough seats to form official Opposition, and then in August, Jack Layton died of cancer.
You never knew Tommy Douglas or how we would react to the situation, don't use his name to disparage Jack Layton. That is horizontal violence at best.
No, I didn't know Tommy Douglas. But I did grow up in Saskatchewan and my grandfather, who ran in a provincial election for the CCF, did know him. Having heard stories from my grandpa I feel safe in saying what I did.
Maybe you should ask before assuming.
Fair enough, point taken.
I get it - strategic voting feels necessary under our current system. But this cycle of "holding our noses" every election is exactly what FPTP is designed to create.
With proportional representation, you could vote for who you actually believe in without fear of "wasting" your vote. Every vote would count toward representation - no more impossible choices.
If you're tired of this broken cycle, check out ways to grow the proportional representation movement so we can build a democracy where strategic voting becomes obsolete.