Well, they SHOULD give out seats based on percentages. That is 6.8% of Canadians that have zero representation in parliament and IMO, that is wrong. It's a very sorry state of affairs that a party with 33% of the vote could have a majority government even if the other 57% don't want that party in power.
I don't think that it's a matter that their message doesn't resonate with Canadians... the reason they poll at 12% but usually end up with less than that is because people have that feeling that they are throwing their vote away if they don't vote for one of the major three parties... or in some ridings, the major two parties. When I discuss the Green platform with people, most think it has some very good ideas in it. They just can't see voting for a party that is unlikely to have a chance at winning their riding. I think that if we had proportional representation the number would be much higher than 12%.
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