The author is a political science expert but this reads like fan fiction. Unless Singh utterly blows out the Trudeau Liberals, it seems more likely that an orange wave would split the left-wing vote and hand the election to the Conservatives. Also, youth voter turnout tends to be the worst among all age groups, so who cares what enthuses the TikTok crowd?
Good article but what about the PPC will they play the spoiler to the Conservatives, will they do as well, worse, better than the greens? Considering all the thanks spilled on the greens it should be fair to cover them as well.
It's a good question. The PPC can definitely make things difficult for the Conservatives by being the party of freedom on the pandemic. The Conservatives have to present themselves as focused on public health to have a chance at moderate votes, which allows the PPC to target those who are just fed up with the whole thing, who think vaccine policy should be purely about choice. That won't win them seats, but it might shave a few percentage points off Conservative totals. It also gives O'Toole a chance to use the PPC as a foil and try to position the party as a more moderate, centrist alternative, but that's a risky play as it gives the PPC more room to solidify itself as a right of centre alternative.
I doubt Jagmeet Singh would openly admit it, but I suspect he has visions of doing to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, what Bob Rae did to David Peterson in 1990.
Such an 'upset' might not be likely, but, as in 1990, it's a real possibility.
The author is a political science expert but this reads like fan fiction. Unless Singh utterly blows out the Trudeau Liberals, it seems more likely that an orange wave would split the left-wing vote and hand the election to the Conservatives. Also, youth voter turnout tends to be the worst among all age groups, so who cares what enthuses the TikTok crowd?
Good article but what about the PPC will they play the spoiler to the Conservatives, will they do as well, worse, better than the greens? Considering all the thanks spilled on the greens it should be fair to cover them as well.
It's a good question. The PPC can definitely make things difficult for the Conservatives by being the party of freedom on the pandemic. The Conservatives have to present themselves as focused on public health to have a chance at moderate votes, which allows the PPC to target those who are just fed up with the whole thing, who think vaccine policy should be purely about choice. That won't win them seats, but it might shave a few percentage points off Conservative totals. It also gives O'Toole a chance to use the PPC as a foil and try to position the party as a more moderate, centrist alternative, but that's a risky play as it gives the PPC more room to solidify itself as a right of centre alternative.
I doubt Jagmeet Singh would openly admit it, but I suspect he has visions of doing to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, what Bob Rae did to David Peterson in 1990.
Such an 'upset' might not be likely, but, as in 1990, it's a real possibility.