Back by popular demand! The first edition of the DemocraticSPACE Strategic Voting Guides are now available. See the links in the upper right of every page. These are non-partisan guides.

SUMMARY See Strategic Voting Guide Homepage
The vast majority of ridings in Canada are NOT appropriate for strategic voting whatsoever (in that it will not impact the outcome). There are only 13 ridings where it is appropriate for Conservative supporters, 17 ridings for Liberal supporters, 30 ridings for NDP supporters and 39 ridings for Green supporters.

The guides work like this: Conservative strategic voting is to ensure a Liberal does not win; Liberal, NDP, and Green strategic voting is to ensure a Conservative does not win. Obviously there are many different permutations, but these are, by far, the two most common forms of strategic voting.

So unless your riding is listed in the guide, DO NOT VOTE STRATEGICALLY.

RIDING-BY-RIDING STRATEGIC VOTING GUIDES
Select the party you support to check if your riding is appropriate for strategic voting.

CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL NDP GREEN

Important Note:
DemocraticSPACE does not endorse strategic voting (i.e. where voters cast their ballot for their second choice party to prevent a less favourable party from winning). We believe that Canada should explore options of adding an element of proportionality into our electoral system to ensure fair and accurate representation in parliament. However, strategic voting happens in Canada. DemocraticSPACE believes that it is better to make informed choices than misinformed choices. Therefore, this guide is meant to help voters who are thinking of voting strategically.

In order for a riding to qualify for strategic voting, we feel 3 conditions must be met:
1. It must be a close 2-way race (i.e. the two other parties must be within 5%)
2. The chances of third/fourth/fifth party winning riding are remote (i.e. support < ~20%)
3. Small number of votes of third/fourth/fifth party can make a difference (i.e. < 1 in 3 voters).