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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Frankly, that’s working against the CPC these days. Since the last election they absorbed the PPC. But that 5 per cent in vote share has come at the cost of making the CPC toxic to more than half of Canadians. In a moderate country like Canada, being able to tack to the centre is a big strategic advantage, as the Liberals have shown time and again. The CPC can’t do that, because they’re terrified of rupturing their base.
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True.
I can foresee a situation where if there was another option on the right, more people tired of the Liberals would have chosen a center right party that didn't have Poilievre. A lot of people I talked to who normally vote for someone other than the Conservatives said they would have considered it if PP wasn't the leader and the "fringe minority" wasn't absorbed into the party.
So yeah, I totally get what you are saying about how the Conservatives monopolizing the right isn't always helpful. I still think the vote splitting on the left has more of an impact on election results though.