48 points

Man we need ranked ballots.

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16 points

It would be the perfect time for the Liberals to change polling method, now that they’re about to lose yet still have the NDP’s backing.

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6 points

It would actually be quite based if the Liberals fixed our shitty First Past The Post system in a last ditch effort to keep power. I wonder if the polling would scare them enough to do so or if they’re too overconfident to think that they don’t need it.

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5 points

One thing I know about this country is that our rights only move forward when the Liberals are scared of being outvoted by the Tories!

Women only got the right to vote because Liberals figured it would help them best the Cons…

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4 points

No. Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. It doesn’t lead to proportional representation. It just favours the most moderate party, since they would be everyone’s second choice. We need something like STV or MMPR

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9 points

Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. […] We need something like STV or MMPR

STV is one of many voting systems based on ranked ballots.

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4 points

While it would tend towards more moderate, it would also lean towards the side most Canadians prefer naturally.

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3 points

Still better than first-past-the-post.

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0 points

It just favours the most moderate party

I’m struggling to see the downside here.

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36 points

I can’t understand how people look at PP and think “there is a reputable dude who relates to the working class” Meanwhile he has never had a real job in his life, is the personification of a wedgie, and has only made clear policy statements about identity politics.

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I can’t understand how people look at PP

If you’re the average Canadian and your rent has doubled or tripled, groceries have jumped 50%, and your health care system is collapsing in the last 8 years since Trudeau took power isn’t desperately wanting any alternative an obvious reaction? Many districts are effectively a two party race and if your only goal is to ensure Trudeau isn’t PM, the Cons are your only options.

I’m not saying Pollievre will make any meaningful difference, but at the very least he’s been saying our housing system is broken. Trudeau’s had 8 years and things have only become much worse.

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19 points

People should look into the seperation of powers in this country. Rent and health care are provincial responsibilities, grocery bills are moved by market forces and on the rise globally, anyone pinning this on the LPC and thinking conservatives could fix it are in for a nasty surprise.

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5 points

That’s too much to expect from the average Canadian which is why the cons control the majority of the provinces despite royally fucking them up. Canadians don’t understand how government works.

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13 points

It’s mouseland, just like Tommy Douglas said. People are incapable of conceiving of voting for the NDP, even when they know that red and blue will both fuck them.

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29 points

no please no

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19 points

I think everyone is missing the key datapoint: “Sample Size: 1300 online”

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5 points

1300 is a reasonable sample size but you gotta wonder what pool it’s from

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9 points

Fuck this fucking shit world

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