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Some of us could have, yes, and I would say should have. However those in deeply conservative areas could not. I voted Liberal in a vague hope of dethroning the cons in my area (along with others according to election results) and it still wasn’t enough. The alternative was vote for a candidate I knew would never have a chance.
We didn’t choose him because he was good for us.
We chose him because he was the least worse. It was a choice between the second-worst candidate and the worst.
Always remember that. And let’s get a better candidate for next time, so we have someone we want to vote for.
I reject that excuse. We could all still have voted NDP which was the best option.
A conservative minority government with a strong NDP would still have been a better outcome than this.
Some of us could have, yes, and I would say should have. However those in deeply conservative areas could not. I voted Liberal in a vague hope of dethroning the cons in my area (along with others according to election results) and it still wasn’t enough. The alternative was vote for a candidate I knew would never have a chance.
We need ranked voting.
Except we don’t get to pick candidates, we only get to pick Red or Blue.
You totally can pick the candidate. Just join the party.
That’s what I did with the NDP and voted for Avi Lewis.