You can't ignore that many people now. It is not likely to ever win government, but any government who do needs to win now needs to acknowledge they exist, and do what they can to earn their trust.
If we're back at the polls in two years they'll probably creep up another 2%, and get more and more annoying until the CPC finally does something to acknowledge the schism in their party.
It may take decades as well - but as long as PPC voters are consistent and serious about what they want - they may well get it!
but any government who do needs to win now needs to acknowledge they exist, and do what they can to earn their trust.
No, they're only relevant to the Conservatives (because those radical, far right-wing votes aren't available to the Liberals), and appeasing the 5% radical extreme-right fringe that makes up those PPC voters would kill the CPC with moderate swing voters who make up way more than 5%.
You're basically demanding the CPC commit electoral suicide otherwise you'll take your vote to the PPC and ensure the CPC loses. It's a no-win situation for the Conservatives in a vote-split scenario.
History has already proven Conservatives can never win elections when there's another right-wing party out there splitting the vote. See the whole Reform party saga. All the Reform party accomplished was to ensure the Liberals ruled for 13 years straight.
In a country that's 60-70% left-wing, Conservatives only get to govern because the left-wing vote is split. Split the right-wing vote too, and you get perpetual Liberal rule.
This. For a while, I was in support of the CPC until O'Toole took the dive and flip-flopped to allow 20% of the CPC vote to go to the PPC. The PPC is already set up to split the conservative vote, which I didn't realize until I saw the poll numbers, and said, "hmmmm". I knew Trudeau would win, because the whole election was a sham to waste taxpayer money and let Trudeau win. Even, if say, the CPC did win, it only matters who counts the votes, they would have just committed election fraud, and let Trudeau win anyways. People are sick of Trudeau, there is no way he won legitimately, and I often wonder if he cheated his last term. The neck and neck poll numbers was designed to give Trudeau some air of legitmacy. Either way, this proves elections are a waste of time and money. Trudeau was guaranteed to win. O'Toole threw the election on purpose.
You can't ignore that many people now. It is not likely to ever win government, but any government who do needs to win now needs to acknowledge they exist, and do what they can to earn their trust.
If we're back at the polls in two years they'll probably creep up another 2%, and get more and more annoying until the CPC finally does something to acknowledge the schism in their party.
It may take decades as well - but as long as PPC voters are consistent and serious about what they want - they may well get it!
No, they're only relevant to the Conservatives (because those radical, far right-wing votes aren't available to the Liberals), and appeasing the 5% radical extreme-right fringe that makes up those PPC voters would kill the CPC with moderate swing voters who make up way more than 5%.
You're basically demanding the CPC commit electoral suicide otherwise you'll take your vote to the PPC and ensure the CPC loses. It's a no-win situation for the Conservatives in a vote-split scenario.
History has already proven Conservatives can never win elections when there's another right-wing party out there splitting the vote. See the whole Reform party saga. All the Reform party accomplished was to ensure the Liberals ruled for 13 years straight.
In a country that's 60-70% left-wing, Conservatives only get to govern because the left-wing vote is split. Split the right-wing vote too, and you get perpetual Liberal rule.
This. For a while, I was in support of the CPC until O'Toole took the dive and flip-flopped to allow 20% of the CPC vote to go to the PPC. The PPC is already set up to split the conservative vote, which I didn't realize until I saw the poll numbers, and said, "hmmmm". I knew Trudeau would win, because the whole election was a sham to waste taxpayer money and let Trudeau win. Even, if say, the CPC did win, it only matters who counts the votes, they would have just committed election fraud, and let Trudeau win anyways. People are sick of Trudeau, there is no way he won legitimately, and I often wonder if he cheated his last term. The neck and neck poll numbers was designed to give Trudeau some air of legitmacy. Either way, this proves elections are a waste of time and money. Trudeau was guaranteed to win. O'Toole threw the election on purpose.