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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Well that is the Conservative issue right now.
In theory - if the Liberals alienate their voters - the departing voters should split between CPC and NDP depending on the lean of the voters. The Conservatives haven't been able to pull those Liberal votes their way.
They have a tougher road to convince those voters because they can actually win an election. The NDP in all likelihood cannot win so the odds are - if you move your vote to them - you aren't going to have to deal with whatever policy scares you. If you vote for the Conservatives - they might win so you do have to deal with whatever policy scares you.
A good chunk of NDP and Green or whoever voters are willing to vote Liberals to keep the Conservatives out. If the NDP was leading or looking like they might win - then you'd probably get some Liberals move to the Conservative side to keep them out, but there is low risk of that happening.
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You list the issues conservatives have right now, which is true. There are many people who simply won't vote conservative due to their acceptance of the freedumb dummies and the social right having a voice, and this includes traditional conservative voters who they alienated.
The statement "the majority of Canadians don't accept CPC policies" when no party has a majority of Canadians voting for it is a red herring
Yet for whatever reason, the Liberals and NDP are seemingly always merged into one, when Liberals policies as a whole really have more in common with the CPC's umbrella than the NDP. Some NDP policies are quite extreme. NDP exists since 1961 as its own party.
If they truly are the same, both parties could unite. But they won't, because they are very different.
A statement "Majority of Canadians reject social right activism" is a much more accurate statement, but that's not the message we are getting.