I hate strategic voting and I’m holding my nose and voting for Carney anyway to keep Polievre out. I wish the NDP wasn’t such a mess. But I don’t want Canada to get into bed with the orange rapist.
I hate strategic voting and I’m holding my nose and voting for Carney anyway to keep Polievre out. I wish the NDP wasn’t such a mess. But I don’t want Canada to get into bed with the orange rapist.
So then my strategic voting is staying at home and not wasting my time. And don’t BS me with every vote matters my conservative candidate has a 99% chance of winning, the other candidates didn’t even bother putting up any signs.
Then it’s 98, then it’s 95, then it’s 75, then it’s 50. Shit changes, even Alberta voted in the NDP not that long ago. The trick is getting off your ass and spending the minimum amount of time to exercise your democratic right. Complacency is what got the US where it is today.
Not sure why you’re railing against this comment.
An objection vote is advocating for literally anyone else (Green or PPC or whatever your views even), as well as attending town halls and talking with your MP/MLA.
As an Albertan, putting MLAs on notice last election who usually enjoy a 5:1 spread eroded to 2:1 or 3:2; that kind of pivot definitely makes them uncomfortable, especially in the span of 4 years. These are metrics they closely pay attention to, as it determines whether they have a job next term. It’s also useful for “popular vote” metrics, and highlighting broken systems.
As another commentor acknowledged, advocating for something beyond FPTP is also a good use of time - essentially the USA, Canada and the UK are the last meaningful holdouts.
But it is your vote; voting is ultimately the minimum amount of effort someone can effectuate (they can mail it to you, and you use your favorite crayon to write a dozen letters). Absentee is (almost always) just a Conservative vote anyways, so accepting that is also a choice. Demonstrably, none of this is “BS.”