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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
We have to keep in mind that voters who barely follow politics outnumber people who follow it like a sport (such as those who post in these threads) by a wide margin. Many of those low-engagement voters aren’t particularly partisan. When they decide who they’re casting their vote for, they ask themselves a pretty basic question - am I personally doing better financially than a few years ago, or worse? If they’re doing better, they’ll vote for the incumbent. If they’re doing worse, they’ll vote against the incumbent.
So one of the biggest factors in voting - the economic climate at the time of the election - is outside the control of candidates and their campaigns.
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Not really sure I agree.
The people who follow it like a sport are always bringing information to me, "What do you think about China buying Trudeau off?", "Did you see Notely is going to raise taxes 37%".... they very much so have information, it's just incredibly poorly sourced and they are not interested in good sourcing.
The people who lost this election for the NDP were the low engagement people, and I had a ton of them in my life. "I'm not voting Smith, then I don't like Smith, the Kenny wasn't that bad was he? they'll find someone other than Smith, I voted UCP because I just don't trust the NDP with the economy"... Basically devoid the engagement required to see how irresponsible, short sighted or full of magical thinking, the decisions the UPC often makes are.