[fvc-wat-disc] Latest liberal tactic

[Bob Jonkman]

Of course, voting for the best candidate in your riding has always been
the correct strategy, no matter what the polls or the politicians say today.

As long as our voting system is Single Member Plurality, ie.
Winner-Take-All (and "Winner" may be the candidate with only 29% of the
vote), the voters cannot expect that their concerns will be addressed by
an MPP that doesn't share those concerns. This means that if a voter's
strategic vote is successful, they've guaranteed they're getting a
candidate who won't act on their concerns.

Kathleen Wynne's exhortation that people should vote Liberal for a
minority government may just result in enough votes to win a few swing
ridings (eg. Kitchener--Conestoga). Strangely, conceding defeat may
actually be a winning strategy.

But regardless of the outcome, I doubt the three big parties will act on
implementing proportional representation, because there's always the
next election where they could win big with a minority of votes.

--Bob.



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On 2018-06-03 11:53 AM, Jay Judkowitz wrote:
> Exactly!
> 
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 11:43 AM David Dolson <ddolson at golden.net> wrote:
> 
>> In my opinion, At this point, to advance PR, our message should be "elect
>> the best candidate in your riding. Forget parties.
>>
>>
>> -Dave
>> *From: *Jay Judkowitz
>> *Sent: *Sunday, June 3, 2018 10:41 AM
>> *To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
>> *Reply To: *FVC Waterloo Region Discussion
>> *Subject: *[fvc-wat-disc] Latest liberal tactic
>>
>> Good morning,
>>
>>       I'm sure most of us have noticed the recent Liberal message, "We're
>> going to lose our majority, but vote for as many of us as possible to force
>> a minority government so the evil PC and the irresponsible NDP can't ruin
>> the province."
>>
>>      If we had PR, this would be exactly the right message for them to go
>> with.  But, without PR, they will split the left of center vote and give us
>> Premier Ford.
>>
>>      My question to those of you with connections to the Liberal
>> leadership is as follows.  Are the so lacking in self awareness that they
>> don't realize that they had 15 years to pass PR and to prepare for the
>> inevitability of their eventual loss of majority?  Or are they so cynical
>> that they actually want Premier Ford figuring he'll break so much so
>> quickly that they will soon be back in power with another majority?
>>
>>       Thanks in advance for your insights.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jay
>>
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