tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post113770008339996725..comments2023-10-04T08:13:56.965-04:00Comments on redjenny: Canadian Election Strategies for ProgressivesRed Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-1137950153227434162006-01-22T12:15:00.000-05:002006-01-22T12:15:00.000-05:00Hehe! ...I didn't know you had a "Marijuana" party...Hehe! ...I didn't know you had a "Marijuana" party in Canada. --Kewl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-1137939172180695382006-01-22T09:12:00.000-05:002006-01-22T09:12:00.000-05:00I agree with strategic voting this election--and a...I agree with strategic voting this election--and appreciate the link to the strategic voting guide to help me decide if I vote Liberal to keep the much much worse conservatives out, or vote NDP or Green. Normally,I'd vote for one of the latter two, but I don't want a Nader-style debacle in Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-1137878903366538632006-01-21T16:28:00.000-05:002006-01-21T16:28:00.000-05:00Just FYI...I am American. I live in Hawai'i (pehap...Just FYI...I am American. I live in Hawai'i (pehaps the most liberal state in America! *thumbs up*)<BR/><BR/>Actually, I did get your point on strategic voting. I didn't say it was good either. I was just being pragmatic--as you said, it is a necessary evil. I don't preclude 3rd party voting altogether. I would gladly vote for a Green Party candidate for instance...IF they have a realistic chanceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-1137792578326500942006-01-20T16:29:00.000-05:002006-01-20T16:29:00.000-05:00Actually you sort of missed my point. I don't agre...Actually you sort of missed my point. I don't agree with strategic voting - it is sort of like a necessary evil due to the particular machinations of our electoral system.<BR/><BR/>As to your argument against proportional representation, there are so many ways to prevent what you see happening in other countries (keep in mind many very successful democracies use some form of proportional Red Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-1137753925497725342006-01-20T05:45:00.000-05:002006-01-20T05:45:00.000-05:00I definitely agree with you on strategic voting. V...I definitely agree with you on strategic voting. Voting for "third party" candidates is a waste of a vote at best, and actually has a negative effect at worst. If Ralph Nader hadn't run in the 2000 election...Al Gore would have been elected.<BR/><BR/>I am very wary of proportional representation though. Though it is true that it makes it possible for smaller parties to be viable, that is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com