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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Can't see how 'ideology driven' applies to this NDP. It's hard to know what Mulcair's NDP even stand for right now - which probably appeals to no one, and I guess we see that in the polls now.
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Yeah, this has been a bizarre campaign for Mulcair and the NDP. I think they thought they had it in the bag when Trudeau botched C-51 and Harper started to slide, so they tried to play it safe by occupying the traditional Liberal, brokerage party position, and they've failed to appeal to anyone because of it. All of their positions, save for universal daycare and this latest thing about eliminating interest on student loans just straddles the middle. Trudeau subsequently flanked them on the left on social policies, and then promised a more realistic and appealing economic package. Hell, they've even been outflanked on student loans by the Greens, who've promised to eliminate student debt and implement free tuition.
It seems like every couple of elections we see this happening, where the party who gets out in front early against an unpopular incumbent decides to play it safe and subsequently loses the election because of it. We saw it in the last B.C. provincial election, too. The other common denominator is that in both situations the NDP picked a terrible candidate. Dix had the personality of a front porch, and Mulcair is flat-out unlikable.