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submitted 2 months ago by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A decent view of Trudeau's thinking on a few popular issues in case you care to know.

Nate is an LPC MP from TO. He was the runner up candidate for OLP's last leadership election.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's a part on that. It was .. informative and unfortunate.

I wish I had that luxury. πŸ˜„ I guess we'll see how numbers move in my riding by the time the election is called. Maybe NDP's viability would increase.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

I abhor with every fibre of my being having to vote strategically. The last 2 federal elections I haven't had to ... it was NDP across the board. This time I'll have to go back to it and it pisses me off.

Democracy my ass.

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

I mean, this is why Trudeau would prefer ranked choice voting.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

If only he'd kept his promise then.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

ABC baby! A.k.a "democracy my ass"

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago
[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Grumbly noises

This is interesting. It's almost like, there's other mechanism/s driving polarisation, not the voting system in use.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah their argument here seems to be "they have alternative vote and look at their polarization" and it isn't clear at all how voting system is at all related to polarization.

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

The connection would be secondary. In FPTP, the blue team and red team play for "all the marbles", so more divisive language and negative campaigning are effective. In RCV/AV systems, being second choice on lots of ballots is a valid tactic, so in theory less negative campaigning.

Although this effect is likely as described, I can't help to think that in recent years the divisive effects of social media have far outweighed it.

I'll also point out that RCV/AV eliminated the spoiler effect. It also can lead to a "gateway voting system" to STV, which is probably my favourite.

IMO, FPTP << RCV/AV/IRV << MMP < STV.

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