- cross-posted to:
- ontario@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- ontario@lemmy.ca
Results are still pouring in from ridings across the province, so the size of the majority is uncertain. In addition to Ford, NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner have won re-election, CBC News Projects.
I heard so many people say “i like the NDP but i have to vote liberal or my vote is useless.” I say the number of NDP seats is proof that thinking is flawed. It may not have stopped the conservatives from winning but new ideas and fresh faces to fight for them can be progress.
I hear people say that and really hope they’re talking about recent local polling, and not some vague notion that “the NDP can’t win”.
This thinking is flawed if applied in general without any consideration of the dynamics in a particular riding. I don’t know how many people think and vote this way without checking their riding’s numbers. Perhaps many. In my riding it was the right move, as the NDP candidate got under 5%. Given how three seats were won by less than 40 votes, I think there’s some validity in informed strategic vote. But voting for OLP instead of ONDP “strategically” without checking riding numbers is very much flawed and I hope these people, along with traditional OLP voters would do something else the next time around.
Maybe ndp would have more than 5% of the vote if people picked the candidate they actually want instead of voting strategically.
My parents think that if I vote, I kill their vote. Good thing I don’t live with them, and just lied to my mother via text. Also talked to my NDP MPP, he is very nice and voted for him, I don’t think he will get elected though.
That’s fucked up.