Speaking from the US so my context may be different, but:
One of the things that bugs me is people don’t seem to want to do anything except in the days leading up to the election. Then they want to vote for some moonshot candidate.
To me the strategy should be a lot of hard work throughout the year, and then harm reduction as needed (eg: vote against trump). The hard work may be phone calls, canvassing, protesting, coalition building, I don’t know.
When people do nothing political except vote for a fringe party, it seems ineffective. Maybe even counter productive.
I mean, I’m lazy and being strangled by capitalism too, so I kind of get it.
When people do nothing political except vote for a fringe party
Again, voting for a “fringe” party that might advance proportional representation, is always better than any party that won’t advance proportional representation.
Besides, Canada is not like the US. We do elect Green and NDP candidates, and they’ve formed government on occasion (e.g., the BC government as of now). It’s hard to say they are fringe, when it’s just not the reality.
And even if these are “fringe” parties, it’s not a “fringe” idea to ensure that every vote counts, as it would under proportional representation.
That’s incorrect if the party you voted for has no chance of actually bringing about proportional representation, and you end up with a party wildly opposite to your ideals in office.
Speaking from the US so my context may be different, but:
One of the things that bugs me is people don’t seem to want to do anything except in the days leading up to the election. Then they want to vote for some moonshot candidate.
To me the strategy should be a lot of hard work throughout the year, and then harm reduction as needed (eg: vote against trump). The hard work may be phone calls, canvassing, protesting, coalition building, I don’t know.
When people do nothing political except vote for a fringe party, it seems ineffective. Maybe even counter productive.
I mean, I’m lazy and being strangled by capitalism too, so I kind of get it.
Again, voting for a “fringe” party that might advance proportional representation, is always better than any party that won’t advance proportional representation.
Besides, Canada is not like the US. We do elect Green and NDP candidates, and they’ve formed government on occasion (e.g., the BC government as of now). It’s hard to say they are fringe, when it’s just not the reality.
And even if these are “fringe” parties, it’s not a “fringe” idea to ensure that every vote counts, as it would under proportional representation.
That’s incorrect if the party you voted for has no chance of actually bringing about proportional representation, and you end up with a party wildly opposite to your ideals in office.