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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I blame the NDP more than anything. Meade stood absolutely no chance of winning this, so his supporters should have rallied behind either the front-running progressive candidate (Locke) or the one with an outside chance of victory (Turner). Anyone who voted orange threw their vote away.
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Anyone who voted Green Party threw their vote away. They have about 25% of the vote.
The NDP only have about 5% of the vote. Too small of percentage to share those votes with other candidates. Firstly, you'll have supporters of any party that will vote for their party no matter what. Secondly, if they chose another party you'd have a split between the Liberals and Green Party.
The Conservatives (36%) and Liberals (33%) were the only threats at winning the election. A protest vote should have gone to the Liberals, the other parties was a wasted vote.