• dermanus@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    Interestingly, Poilievre got more votes in Ontario than Doug did in the February provincial election. If the NDP vote hadn’t collapsed the way it did he could easily have won.

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      9 hours ago

      If I’m reading this correctly, the political right in Canada need the political left to split the vote under a FPTP system in order to succeed?

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        That’s the reason the PC and Reform parties merged back in the 90s. FPTP incentives two party races, this election is a stark example.