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Originally Posted by driveway
An argument can be made that a coalition government consisting of the NDP and Liberals would have a mandate to govern, considering they earned a total of 6,147,065 votes and 44.4% of the popular vote.
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But you're completely ignoring the segment of Liberal or NDP voters who do
not support a coalition that gives the seperatists that much power. Nekhara is a good example. As he stated earlier, he'd NDP but does not support the Bloc carrying such a big stick.
You're also forgetting the moderate liberals who see the NDP as too far left. By doing so, the Liberals are opening up the middle for the Conservatives' taking.
Just because someone voted for a party, does not mean they'd support their party getting into bed with one they strongly oppose.