Yes but you’re telling me problems of FPTP I’m already familiar with. FPTP is a bad system.
Guess what happens the next time after the vote is split between the shit incumbent and the better choice, electing a con - people go back voting for the shit incumbent that previously lost in the hope to not elect a con again.
Not running candidates in ridings where they’d split the vote is the only practical workaround I can think of that obviates the need for strategic voting. None of our parties are doing that except perhaps BQ.
Treating the FPTP as something that it’s not is the worst option in my opinion. It’s a shit system and the more people understand how it works and what outcomes their votes produce the better. Even better, the more people understand that, the more they’ll demand a change to something else.
Yes but you’re telling me problems of FPTP I’m already familiar with. FPTP is a bad system.
Guess what happens the next time after the vote is split between the shit incumbent and the better choice, electing a con - people go back voting for the shit incumbent that previously lost in the hope to not elect a con again.
Not running candidates in ridings where they’d split the vote is the only practical workaround I can think of that obviates the need for strategic voting. None of our parties are doing that except perhaps BQ.
Treating the FPTP as something that it’s not is the worst option in my opinion. It’s a shit system and the more people understand how it works and what outcomes their votes produce the better. Even better, the more people understand that, the more they’ll demand a change to something else.