Looking to the parties that consistently support proportional representation (Greens/NDP), we have a combined 39.02% of students!
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This is the future of Ontario voting.
The student population is evidently more left-leaning than the full population (not uncommon younger voters). I can think of three ways this could play out:
- Today's younger voters shift rightward as they age, and party percentages stay roughly constant.
- Party platforms shift leftwards over time, and party percentages stay roughly constant.
- Over time, percentages for right-wing parties shrink, and those for left-wing parties grow.
Do you think one of these is more likely, and why?
- I don't think these voters will change their political leanings very significantly. I presume as part of their civics education, that they were required to look into each party's platform before voting. Whose to say that they don't shift more leftwards, once they get out of being in school and realize how screwed their generation is?
- To me, party platforms shifting leftwards over time is unlikely, as our current political culture is becoming more right leaning (e.g., carbon pricing disinformation, eating bugs disinformation, anti-vaccines). And our winner-take-all electoral system makes it relatively easy for the political establishment to maintain a stranglehold on power.
- I think that left leaning parties will grow, yes.
I think the bigger concern is if these voters become apathetic to voting, due to how unfair it is.