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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
The ramifications are that the loss emboldens the other side and gets manipulated to sway those who are on the fence. Which keeps us in the same mess over the long run.
Whose supporters do you think have more money and resources available to spread their spin on this and manipulate voters? The UCP or the NDP?
It also wastes financial resources and for lack of a better term sweat equity that could contribute to more sensible ways of getting actual results. Burning out volunteers and supporters isn’t beneficial in achieving long term success.
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I don't necessarily disagree with you, but the big question is what alternative courses of action could that sweat equity have been applied to instead? I think the realistic alternative was probably nothing.
One of the dumbest people I've ever seen just managed to convert an embarassingly incompetent petition failure into an election win. There are upsides here in terms of building connections and mobilizing volunteers. Running a campaign is not easy and there is a lot of learning on the fly - most candidates have to lose a few times before they break through. This is a free ($500?) opportunity for a bit of a campaign exercise. And while you're not supposed to copy info from a recall petition, I don't think there's anything against making your own list while you're door knocking of probable and potential votes to bolster heading into the next election.
The thing I found interesting/surprising is how worried it seemed to make the UCP, even though it seemed obvious from the start that these were unlikely to even get close.