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Originally Posted by Lchoy
Wondering with the polls showing NDP and Cons neck and neck, how come we aren't seeing attack ads targeting the NDP from the Cons? Seems like overkill now to keep seeing the "He's just not ready" ads
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Maybe they are hoping that by continuing to crush the Liberals, that the remaining diehards will switch to supporting the Conservatives rather than go to the NDP.
I think a lot of core NDP supporters are democratic socialists to the grave and nothing will change that. You may convince a few casual supporters and dissenting left leaning Liberals that currently support the NDP to strategically vote for the Liberals, but are unlikely to ever convince them to swing all the way to the CPC. If the Conservatives start targeting the NDP, they probably stand more of a chance of inadvertently strengthening the Liberals and would be just playing political campaign "whack-a-mole".
If the Conservative want to win and especially if they want any chance at a majority, I think their best bet in to try and lure remaining Liberal supporters to their cause rather than trying to convince people who have swung to the NDP that they should either go back to the Liberals or make a huge ideological leap by voting for the Conservatives.
I hope that makes sense. I feel like this post is all over the place (I hate Mondays).