The Conservative strategy was clear: attack the New Democrats, whom a significant number of east Winnipeg voters have always liked, by going even harder on the Liberals, who have never enjoyed better than middling support in this corner of the city.
Running against one party by tying them to another was a novel strategy, U of M political studies professor Royce Koop said earlier this month.
"The Liberals are very unpopular. They're certainly not competitive in that seat," and so an attempt to tie the NDP to them "makes some sense," he said.
"But you don't see that all the time."
After what happened on Monday night in Elmwood-Transcona, you may never see it again.
I think it's a fine idea that requires a certain degree of community and camaraderie that I'm not sure exists in the Lemmyverse yet.
As a group, we're good at sharing articles - often stuff that makes us mad (and there's plenty of that to go around) - but less good at just...hanging out and shooting the shit.
I don't know what the solution is aside from, "be the change you want to see."