{"id":3924,"date":"2019-10-15T05:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:11:08","slug":"liberals-should-stop-splitting-the-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/10\/15\/liberals-should-stop-splitting-the-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals should stop splitting the vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s remember that during the 2015 federal campaign, the NDP were the frontrunners. Right up until about a month before the election. It was about that time that the Liberals started getting worried. Liberals don\u2019t think the NDP are a viable party to govern in Parliament, so they assumed that NDP winning would actually result in a Conservative win. They use this belief to scare left-leaning voters to get behind them, saying that if people vote NDP, they will split the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it takes two to tango.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

If everyone votes NDP, for that matter, then there\u2019s no splitting the vote. The vote split because the Liberals used scare tactics instead of getting behind Mulcair in 2015. They were desperate to have their party leader become prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now they\u2019re trying it again. Both the NDP as a party and Jagmeet Singh as the leader are surging in the polls, while *both* the Conservatives and Liberals are dropping in the polls. The Liberals are scared of losing power, so they\u2019re focusing on the NDP. They don\u2019t like that Canadians want a party that stands up for them, that doesn\u2019t cater to rich donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If they don\u2019t want Scheer to win, then maybe Trudeau shouldn\u2019t have left 50% of his 2015 campaign promises unfilled. Maybe Trudeau shouldn\u2019t have bought a $4.5 billion pipeline. Maybe Trudeau should\u2019ve implemented electoral reform. Maybe Trudeau shouldn\u2019t have interfered with the attorney general. Maybe Trudeau shouldn\u2019t have left over 50 reserves with boil water advisories (after 4 years!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Liberals lose, it\u2019s Trudeau\u2019s fault, not the fault of NDP voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadians are tired of the cycling between Liberals and Conservatives. They want real change for once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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