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I know nearly nothing about Canadian politics. Are liberals really better than conservatives? (fedia.io)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/canadapolitics

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It's great that Pierre lost and he probably lost to someone better, but were there better candidates for the common people on the ballot? How are liberals as a whole for Canada? Would another party have been better - greens for example?

I've seen a community about better vote counting system, so it seems Canada is still a first past the post country?

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[–] kent_eh 9 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Since the best is pretty much never an available option when it comes to voting or politics in general, "less bad" is almost always a worthwhile choice.

(and, really can you get any group of people to ever agree on a single "best" anyway)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

There surely is better than Liberals...

[–] kent_eh 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

There surely is better than Liberals…

Were they on the ballot, though?

We have to pick from the options that exist, not the ones we wish existed.

[–] H4CK3RN4M3D4N63R570RM 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to take this opportunity to push for Proportional Representation. This will keep the smaller parties on the ballot (and more people will vote for them).

[–] kent_eh 1 points 1 month ago

It would be cool if the various voting reform advocates could agree on which of the various alternative to FPTP would be best.

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