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Strategic Voting?

Author: Craig Norman (Conservative)

25 Sep

Riddle me this. How can people that are now talking about strategic voting be so supportive of the Green party and Elizabeth May?

She just told people to vote for someone else other then the Green Party. Their platform is basically the same as the Liberal party, but a little more extreme. So why did people that hate Harper so much want her in the debates.

If she is more articulate and appealing then Layton or Dion in the debates people will vote for her instead of them.

My prediction: The Green party will be the “Ralph Nader” of this campaign. Not so much that it will win the Conservatives the election, but it will win them the majority.

Filed under: Craig Norman (Conservative), Green, Prairies, Saskatchewan, Voter Decision Making

3 Responses for "Strategic Voting?"

J-M September 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm 1
Let’s just get straight on a few points. The carbon tax shift was incorporated into the Vision Green platform over a year before a severely watered down version was made the central policy initiative by the Liberals. Elizabeth and the Greens are the ONLY party speaking seriously about the need to change the electoral system to become more democratic (instead of the NDP and Tories who are quite happy severing the Senate). Until that becomes a (needed) reality, the reality is that a Harper majority is the worst outcome and Elizabeth made it clear the strategic voting in ridings where a Green vote could make this difference, she wants Canadians to make this important alternate choice (instead of money going back to the Party). In my opinion, she has chosen the high road instead of getting sucked into the mud slinging ring. Bravo, Liz.
paulalex September 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am 2
Well just maybe perhaps it might be possible that individual voters have actual reasons for not wanting to vote for Layton or Dion. Messieurs cannot assume that these votes are theirs by right …
townie September 30th, 2008 at 10:19 pm 3
I don’t have a problem with strategic voting, but it should at least be strategic. There are a lot of people who look at the national polls and think voting Liberal instead of NDP is the best move, when the reality in much of Western Canada it is the NDP and not the Liberal party which in fact has the best chance of limiting the number of conservatives elected in this election.

Also, I think Layton gets a much harder time from the media than either Harper or certainly EMay. They even seem to softening on Dion now that it looks like his Party might be in real trouble.

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