I hope you’re not blaming the voter. All blame lies in the politician, the moment they put their name on the poll this will 100% happen. They should’ve done some homework to prevent this.
Yes, the party and the politician are the root cause, but I do hold some expectations for the voter as well. If we’re getting people out to vote even if they’re entirely ignorant of the process and outcome, I don’t see that as a win.
Most voters are going to spend a couple of hours watching CBC, or at best, look at a summary of party platforms, and be told only about leader/party politics. No one is out teaching people how to vote under our system. Low information is a problem for democracy.
This angers me. How can you not understand the concept of vote splitting, and vote against a well-supported (and deserving) incumbent? For shame.
I’d argue that a pretty large proportion of voters know nothing about who they’re voting for besides the party they represent.
either way it’s bad: either vote splitting happens or people vote strategically and not actually what they want
FPTP is a fucking scourge
I hope you’re not blaming the voter. All blame lies in the politician, the moment they put their name on the poll this will 100% happen. They should’ve done some homework to prevent this.
Yes, the party and the politician are the root cause, but I do hold some expectations for the voter as well. If we’re getting people out to vote even if they’re entirely ignorant of the process and outcome, I don’t see that as a win.
Most voters are going to spend a couple of hours watching CBC, or at best, look at a summary of party platforms, and be told only about leader/party politics. No one is out teaching people how to vote under our system. Low information is a problem for democracy.