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Most Canadians who plan on voting for the Liberal party are more motivated to stop the Conservatives from winning the election rather than endorsing the party's vision and leader, according to a new poll released on Monday.

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And this is why the LPC will never pass electoral reform (except for ranked ballot, because they're more likely to be everyone's second choice) because under full PR they'd never, ever, get another majority government despite having tepid support among the voting population. For the record, the CPC wouldn't even support ranked ballots as they're almost never the second choice of anyone (because their policies--when they can be bothered to articulate them--are unpopular, believe it or not)

For the record, no Canadian political party has had >50% of the popular vote in half a century, and even before then it was exceedingly rare. FPtP allows the LPC or CPC to sneak a majority in, anyways.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is also why the one thing Trudeau could do to make me respect him would be say, "I'm stepping down as leader. My last act as PM is to roll out legitimate proportional representation."

The Liberals are probably not going to win the next election no matter what; but legitimate reform would mean an end to autocratic majorities.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

He'd face a full caucus revolt if he tried. I'd expect the Liberals would prefer to lose a vote of confidence than implement PR.

Honestly, I think they'd also rather lose than implement anything remotely economically progressive.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Instead they should vote for the NDP. The only party that truly cares about the biddle class.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

ABC. Anything but conservative. FPTP is winner takes all, so vote for Liberal or NDP depending on who's more likely to get in in your area. And pray to whatever force may be that someone puts in a sensible voting system at some point.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember when Trudeau promised election reform when he was elected the first time?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We got dental and in theory pharma with this minority government. Maybe the NDP can twist their arm into voting reforms next time if we get another?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember seeing an analysis of FPTP and in about 70% of the elections since the 60s it favoured the Liberals against NDP and PC on a riding by riding and general election basis. It'll be a cold day in hell before they change anything.

[–] jadero@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Which is disgusting! Their job is supposed to be about doing what is best for the people who live here, not whatever best serves the interests of their party. If there were a system that was good for the people while eliminating the concept of parties, every party should be glad to do the work of implementing it.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or just vote NDP regardless so that we can stop praying.

[–] brenticus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

If voting NDP had any more effect than pissing in the wind in my area I would. Unfortunately, they rarely get a significant percentage of the vote and when they do we go conservative. So it's either hold my nose and vote lib or help a conservative who doesn't even live in the city get in.

If polling changes to show the NDP beating the libs here I'm 100% changing my vote. Until then, the system sucks so sometimes voting sucks.

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, because the liberals didn't reform elections as they promised, we can't do that.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

You can, in fact, vote for NDP.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah… how convenient.

sigh…

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Local riding 🔤 it is. 👍

In any case it's the local riding election that matters. Some folks vote as if our system is proportional with completely counterproductive results.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God it must be so nice not having a two-party system.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Except it pretty much is a two party system with extra steps.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean with minority governments.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Minority governments have enacted everything that makes Canada good.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This could just be a feature of getting good things when we give the NDP a larger share of power than usual, though. The Liberals didn't want universal healthcare, it was a concession given to the NDP because they had to. But it's not like a majority NDP situation at the time wouldn't have passed it.

Much the same as dental care today. What exactly are the Liberals bringing to the table other than acting as gatekeepers making sure the system isn't as expansive as it could be?

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I would be fine with minority governments for the foreseeable future.

As you said, better policy tends to result when there needs to be some level of cross-party cooperation in order to get anything done.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Well, just know that as bad as it is, you can always look south for a worse solution.

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[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Liberals and Conservatives love that people believe this country can't survive another election cycle of the other.

We'll survive another 4 years of the Liberals or Conservatives. What this country can't survive is alternating between two bad parties for another few decades.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

All our parties are bad and that's what sucks.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vote NDP if you don’t want Cons to win, if voting Libs worked then this “threat” wouldn’t exist

[–] MetaCubed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As much as I hate to admit it, voting for anything other than the liberals right now will be a win for the cons. Popular support for the NDP hasn't shifted from 20% support since 2021, meanwhile the cons are up to ~41% and the libs are down to ~27%.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If I vote Liberal I'd guarantee a conservative win in my riding...

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Not true! Trudeau got rid of the first past the post syst.... oh wait.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

They are so stupid, they basically dug their own grave by not getting rid of FPTP.

Ugh this is what my wife told me she was planning yesterday.

Pollievre is so fucking nutty were both worried about the country of he wins.

I cannot stress enough how fucking stupid this guy is, hell take any idea that's popular at the time and run with it, like how he wanted to make Canada the crypto capital and neuter our central bank.

It's pretty fucking clear if we'd done that in 2021 we'd be fucked today. He's still peddling Bank of Canada and World Economic Forum conspiracy shit too. Yet the "fiscal" conservatives are fine with this?

So we've got the status PM quo that's overstayed his welcome by a full election cycle vs 4chan Millhouse. Great. (Oh, sorry, he took off his glasses now, is he still Millhouse?)

And the NDP are also responsible because they're sticking with Singh despite him being as uninspiring as Trudeau. They've only lost seats since picking him, but hey, why not stay the course... It's great the NDP got pharmacare rolling but the implementation is asinine.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

"This means just nine per cent of the Canadian electorate is passionate about and inspired by the prospect of voting Liberal," Angus Reid wrote in the report.

What is there to be passionate about? Voting LPC to prevent a CPC government is by this point an established Canadian tradition. 🥹

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As is tradition. If you lean left, how could you vote for Conservatives?

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think you're missing the point. These aren't people who lean left:

Meanwhile, three in five (63 per cent) Liberal supporters said they are more motivated to prevent a Conservative government rather than to support Trudeau and Liberal policies.

It sounds to me like they are fairly middle folks who think the left is closer to the middle than the right is.

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[–] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm lucky, in a sense, that I don't have to make this decision. The only viable candidates in my riding are the Conservatives and the NDP, so I can actually vote my conscience.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds a lot like us here in the ISA. Dems offer nothing but a reprieve from absolute lunatics. No Left movement survives or really even gets started.

[–] zaphod@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

With the NDP coalition that's not as true in Canada. Between the national dental care plan that's coming and subsidized childcare, among other things, real left-ish progress is being made. But as usual a) the media isn't always telling a balanced story, b) government comms are shit, and c) the Liberals keep fucking up in visible, spectacular, and stupid ways, which distracts from genuine victories.

Which, come to think of it, does echo the Biden administration over the last four years...

[–] stringere@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

ISA

Inhospitable States Alliance?

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[–] deeferg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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We have other options. Especially in Québec.

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