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CDN's avatar

I would usually willingly vote for either the Liberal or NPD (not the Bloc) as they are most aligned with my beliefs. Unfortunately, the vote on the right is NOT split so the issue is this: splitting the centre/left vote into 2 or 3 parties would constantly allow the Conservatives to be elected with only 37-38% of the votes. Those who don't vote are a plague upon democracy (I don't care who they'd be most inclined to vote for out of ignorance or lack of interest, they should voting) and one possible solution is to make voting mandatory as in Australia.

There is nothing wrong with strategic voting in my opinion - people generally wouldn't do that if they REALLY disagreed with the policies of the party they are strategically voting for.

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K. Huth's avatar

The NDP is a victim of strategic voting as much as anyone (although not on necessarily on the provincial level), so it seems a bit weird to punish them along with the Liberals and Conservatives. Neither has the federal NDP had a chance to disappoint us the way the other two have.

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