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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think people ought to consider their vote more carefully than they do. Wanting a party to win, that’s great and all, but the clear choice in my eyes is to vote for the best candidate in your riding. Bad apples, idiots, creeps, whatever. Those are not people you should be voting for regardless of their party. Democracy is a responsibility, and one people should take more seriously than sending blind votes to whomever is wearing their team colours.
It’s the only way to ensure you’re actually represented the way you want to be, and it’s also the best way to form good parties. Of course, it’s a fantasy, I don’t think a lot of voters look beyond the party or the leader, but it’d make a hell of a lot of sense.
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You're totally right that it should be that way, and I wish it was. When the party controls its MLA's it's the party we are voting for. With that being said, if the UCP put up a pedophile/murderer/rapist in my constituency, I would not cast a ballot as no other party represents me and I wont support what I consider to be a bad person. Climate change deniers might be daft but not necessarily bad people.