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Originally Posted by Daradon

For me, and I think for a lot of people, I think the reasoning may be this... That he might not be the best candidate, but he might have the best chance of winning, just based on name and appeal. He'll get a lot of the uninformed vote because of his youth, name, and charisma. Not that winning cause of those qualities are a good thing if you don't have other qualities, but in politics one often picks the horse most likely to win, rather than the best man or woman for the job. You could have the smartest, nicest, most level-headed candidate out there, but if they're ugly and have no charisma, they'll probably tank your party.

It really puts me in a rough spot because I'm very unhappy with the CPC right now based on a number of factors. I was quite happy with them in the minority years, I thought they did a good job when the other parties were looking over their shoulder, but there are a good 4 or more decisions they've made since then that I'm am directly opposed to. So I would really like to vote for another party this time around. But, I don't think I could vote for Trudeau.

That's pretty much where I sit as someone whose values would have traditionally aligned with the Liberal party. If Trudeau has the ability to bring the party back to a respectable number of seats - pushing the Conservatives back to minority territory in the meantime - then I think he's the man for the job despite the fact I don't like him personally (he strikes me as a poser in the posiest sense of the word).