I'm seeing lots of talk about how things would have looked if the system was different, based on the voting results of Mondays election. It's not a great comparison because large swathes of voters may have voted differently with a different system in place. Strategic voting is a popular tactic because of how FPTP works. With a different system, more voters may vote for who they want, rather than who they don't want.
watchitbend on October 25th, 2019 at 15:58 UTC »
I'm seeing lots of talk about how things would have looked if the system was different, based on the voting results of Mondays election. It's not a great comparison because large swathes of voters may have voted differently with a different system in place. Strategic voting is a popular tactic because of how FPTP works. With a different system, more voters may vote for who they want, rather than who they don't want.
Wingless27 on October 25th, 2019 at 18:02 UTC »
Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice if we had RANKED CHOICE BALLOTING? Then I could vote NDP safely without throwing away my vote...
bassicallybob on October 25th, 2019 at 18:24 UTC »
can someone ELI5 for Canadian voting? I'm an american and I thought it was a popular vote system all throughout Canada.