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  • Binzy_Boi@feddit.onlinetoCanada@lemmy.caVote splitting analysis tool
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    2 days ago

    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”.



  • Please forgive me for the copy-paste from another post, but here’s my comment from another posting of this article:

    Real Canadian Superstore prices for my hummus since this started:

    Swapping from Peru-made lemon juice for my hummus to malt vinegar - cost down from $2.79 to $1.50
    No Name Chickpeas to Unico equivalent - $1.50 to $2
    Using canola oil and not olive oil as suggested by nearly every recipe - no name olive oil costs $12 for 750 mL whereas canola oil costs $8.29 for 3 L getting you more for less with hardly a change in the recipe
    Tahini - found a good recipe from Diabetes Canada that completely removes this ingredient, saving me a solid $10 for a jar
    To finish things off, while both Canadian, swapping from sandwich bread to sliced French bread for dipping - $1.97 to $1.25

    Cost of hummus ingredients goes from $28.26 to $13.04 with the added bonus that one of those ingredients lasts three times as long.

    People need to learn substitutions in their recipes, that alone saved a tonne. I pay more for Canola oil personally cause I get Canola Harvest and not the no name brand since they’re unionized, but even with that in mind you’re paying less than olive oil for like, double the amount.



  • Unless the Greens and NDP fix up their act regarding their leadership, I will be voting Liberal.

    All respect to Jagmeet as a person, but his leadership skills are fairly weak. I take a look at everything Charlie Angus has been doing as of late and just keep thinking, “man, I wish he was the guy in charge”. Bunch of petitions, incredible speeches, pissing off Rebel News into making counter-petitions that barely get a fraction of the signatures his petition got. Great stuff, just sucks he seems to be stepping out of politics by not running again.

    Also the Greens are just a mess thanks to Annamie Paul. She as a party leader lost her own seat. It’s ridiculous, imagine having the same outcome for your party leader as the fucking PPC. I’d consider throwing a vote their way, but Elizabeth May literally pushed for Paul heavily over Dimitri Lascaris in the party election when I think it’s fairly clear that Lascaris would have better leadership skills for the party than Paul did.