The only way my riding won’t go Conservative is if everyone who votes NDP votes Liberal instead, and 2% of the staunch Conservative voters vote for someone else.

So frustrating.

In the provincial election a few months ago, where I live, the Conservative party won. The vote was literally split 1/3 1/3 1/3 (Cons, NDP, Green). Cons took the seat with a 30% vote (won by 179 votes). I’m not saying strategic voting is a good thing, but the (voting) system itself needs reform so that it accurately represents the people.

I got that (smartvote) from r/Nanaimo, and apparently, the data hasn’t been updated since the election was called today. I will be as we go forward, though.

You can replicate this on your own, by looking at the past results of your riding and using that to colour your selection based on your preferences. You can find this history by looking at elections Canada or Wikipedia.

If the party you support hasn’t been competitive and isn’t running a super high profile local candidate, and if you have strong opposition to one of the parties that has been competitive — then consider supporting the alternative competitive party.

Being active and looking at the details yourself might help you feel more engaged and active in the democratic processes than just following what it says on some website.

Don’t get me wrong, if this helps you that’s great. Just trying to encourage folks to take some time to look at the details on their own. This election has a lot on the line, and the future of our country is worth it — especially at this critical juncture.

Seems kinda neat, would be nice if it had more than just Ontario available right now.

Edit: so looks like even though Canada and Ontario are the only clickable options, the Canada wide option has ridings for the whole(?) country

Edit²: ridings aren’t currently up to date

Nope.

Nope nope nope nope nope.

I’m sorry, the entire idea of “vote splitting” just encourages people to move their vote from the candidate that aligns most with their values to the candidate who’s already got the most backing. You’re essentially robbing support from the smaller parties and consolidating it with the big ones, further exacerbating the problem by creating an environment where it’s one person or the other. This is how the Americans ended up with a two-party system and how they stubbornly will do anything as a means to do nothing about their problem.

Vote with who aligns with your opinions most, regardless of if it’s “strategic” or not. For me, it happens to be the Liberals I’m voting for because I’m tired of how weak the NDP and Green leadership is, but beforehand I voted for the NDP candidate here in heavily Conservative Alberta even when the Liberal would have been “more viable” with my vote.

It is up to the federal parties to win you over with their vote, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND and “strategic voting” only creates a system where your candidates will start feeling entitled to your vote regardless of if they listen to what you want as a voter simply because you “have no other option this side of the aisle” and that “the other guy is worse”.