I am a NDP member who voted NDP, knowing we wouldn’t win, in order to stand up for my principles and to give the party the $ that come with a vote. This time I am voting Liberal, because the thought of PeePee getting in makes me sick.
My anecdotal experience supports your thesis. I was an involved NDP member for two decades and have voted NDP since leaving the federal party in 2019 (anger at Jagmeet, mostly). Several former NDP colleagues, some of them lifelong Dippers, are voting Liberal this time around, as am I. This is not a "normal" federal election -- the stakes are very high, and a Conservative vote endangers the future of this country. And a Mark Carney doesn't come along often...I feel that that the various dissenting political voices in this country truly will have a better chance to be heard if Canada has a strong centrist government.
I am campaigning for the Liberals in a traditionally safe NDP seat. I can tell you that there is a sea change in the vote from the NDP to the Liberals, while the Conservatives have a solid base. What I find interesting as an experienced campaigner is the number of people who are "strategic voters". They even use that term. Therefore part of the confusion around the NDPs polling numbers is based on these people who are holding off making a decision until they know who is the best ABC (Anybody but Conservative) is. At any other time they would still be NDP. The NDP will lose this safe seat. Yet, it is an open question as to whether the Liberal or Conservative candidate wins.
I am a NDP member who voted NDP, knowing we wouldn’t win, in order to stand up for my principles and to give the party the $ that come with a vote. This time I am voting Liberal, because the thought of PeePee getting in makes me sick.
Same.
My anecdotal experience supports your thesis. I was an involved NDP member for two decades and have voted NDP since leaving the federal party in 2019 (anger at Jagmeet, mostly). Several former NDP colleagues, some of them lifelong Dippers, are voting Liberal this time around, as am I. This is not a "normal" federal election -- the stakes are very high, and a Conservative vote endangers the future of this country. And a Mark Carney doesn't come along often...I feel that that the various dissenting political voices in this country truly will have a better chance to be heard if Canada has a strong centrist government.
I am campaigning for the Liberals in a traditionally safe NDP seat. I can tell you that there is a sea change in the vote from the NDP to the Liberals, while the Conservatives have a solid base. What I find interesting as an experienced campaigner is the number of people who are "strategic voters". They even use that term. Therefore part of the confusion around the NDPs polling numbers is based on these people who are holding off making a decision until they know who is the best ABC (Anybody but Conservative) is. At any other time they would still be NDP. The NDP will lose this safe seat. Yet, it is an open question as to whether the Liberal or Conservative candidate wins.