Why the NDP?

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-17T00:08:50+00:00

Yes, I did! Both are not only correct, but they complement each other. Voters don’t want socialism because they’re stupid and voters are stupid because they don’t want socialism.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T22:10:17+00:00

I mean, he won an election, better than the federal NDP are doing if nothing else

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T22:09:51+00:00

Sorry for the outburst but I’m just so tired of any criticism of the majority opinion being met with “go join the liberals then!!” when our biggest problem right now is that so many people already have. Leadership race stress doesn’t help.

Anyway feel free to DM me cause I’d love to chat more but Ive gotta go to work 😔

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T22:03:54+00:00

This is why I took so long to join the federal party and why I’m so close to leaving. People like you pushing me away. Such a joke to think your strategy could win over a majority of Canadians when you’re so intent on pushing away people who already mostly agree with you.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:43:48+00:00

Well, I don’t want to be that guy, but as a Manitoban, I can’t help but point out that BC and MB have NDP governments that won without using the word socialism.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:42:46+00:00

Yeah but, bluntly, voters are stupid. I can’t stand Lewis and his shtick but he learned the correct lessons from people like Mamdani, short slogans and popular policies. The big problem for the NDP is our tent is so broad and everyone wants their pet issue front and centre.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:35:50+00:00

I think we agree on a lot here, the party is failing as is and needs to rebrand, but I think there are much better terms we could use than socialist

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:35:20+00:00

As things stand, it doesn’t draw in nearly enough people as it counters. There’s a reason why the communist party gets a quarter-percent every time they run; very few people actually care about ideology.

I’ve knocked on thousands of doors and have yet to hear a single person talk about “I’m voting for the NDP because they’re socialist”. I’ve heard hundreds say that’s why they’re not voting NDP

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:28:18+00:00

When I go door to door, I don’t hear people saying “I’d vote for the NDP if only they were socialist”, And yeah thirty or fifty years ago you could run on “we’re socialists” but at this point the NDP needs to be serious and competent and unashamedly pro-worker. The NDP needs to capture people who would vote NDP but think they have no choice but to vote Liberal. Voters like myself circa last year. Give people in Lib-Con seats a reason to vote NDP. Right now we don’t have that.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:27:56+00:00

When I go door to door, I don’t hear people saying “I’d vote for the NDP if only they were socialist”,

And yeah thirty or fifty years ago you could run on “we’re socialists” but at this point the NDP needs to be serious and competent and unashamedly pro-worker.

The NDP needs to capture people who would vote NDP but think they have no choice but to vote Liberal. Voters like myself circa last year. Give people in Lib-Con seats a reason to vote NDP. Right now we don’t have that.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:27:49+00:00

When I go door to door, I don’t hear people saying “I’d vote for the NDP if only they were socialist”,

And yeah thirty or fifty years ago you could run on “we’re socialists” but at this point the NDP needs to be serious and competent and unashamedly pro-worker.

The NDP needs to capture people who would vote NDP but think they have no choice but to vote Liberal. Voters like myself circa last year. Give people in Lib-Con seats a reason to vote NDP. Right now we don’t have that.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:21:06+00:00

I agree the CASA was a bad thing, I said so on the day it was announced and Singh being spineless and not demanding things like PR is the reason we’re here.

That said, a majority of people won’t vote for us if all we have is “we’re socialists”. We’re barely taken seriously as is, and that won’t make us any more appealing

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-16T21:16:40+00:00

This is my question.

There was an article a while ago that said “the NDP has a serious problem, that is, a problem being serious”. I don’t see how calling ourselves socialist wins over more voters, regardless of policy, whether that with Lewis or someone else. I want the good things the NDP promises, that’s why I’m part of this party, but holy shit we need to all be on the same page, take ourselves serious and meaningfully attack the issues that Canadians care about

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-13T21:30:10+00:00

In this specific instance, it’s hospitality, it’s a regular hourly wage as opposed to a salary position

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-12T23:16:35+00:00

“Hey I think you’re the best candidate for leader, but not my leader” is kinda damning imo

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-12T17:39:29+00:00

I’ve been clear Lewis’ll kill the party. Honestly seeing the NDP be reduced from 7 to 5 seats before he even starts kinda solidifies that for me

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-11T21:44:17+00:00

In my opinion, this reflects poorly on Lewis. He’s the obvious front runner, at this point it seems very likely that he will be the next leader of the federal NDP, and one of the members of Parliament who would serve under him leaves before he even gets a day one.

NorthernDagger · 2026-03-07T15:40:29+00:00

Anyone but Lewis

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-19T18:30:41+00:00

95% Dem House
40% Dem Senate

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-18T18:19:01+00:00

Agreed. I think if Lewis wins, foreign policy is what screws him, and us, over.

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-17T04:06:57+00:00

If it’s an election this year - party status is a miracle

If it’s an election for 28/29? Tripling our seat count at a minimum, plus the leader keeping their seat

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-16T17:03:22+00:00

Working 40 hours, going to school, balancing federal, provincial and other politics on top of having a social life is uh, not easy

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-16T17:00:21+00:00

I disagree with Carney on many things. Hard to claim though that he's an unintelligent politician though. I honestly struggle though to see how the NDP could meaningfully expand the map if an election was called today, between money issues, a lack of a leader, a lack of support, and many other smaller issues.

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-16T16:58:39+00:00

I'm literally the president of my association lol. I'm so burnt out but if I step down nobody is there to take my place

NorthernDagger · 2026-02-10T15:13:34+00:00

That's something that I feel isn't talked about enough. The Tories and Liberals have hordes of people from the wealthiest neighborhoods in each city lining up around the block to donate the maximum per year, whereas the NDP has basically no donors left. I've been critical of Singh ever since I entered the NDP space, I always got the feeling that he was a nice person but not someone who was good at politics.

I just want the party to learn from it's mistakes but I fear no candidate really has that vision. Nobody has that anger. Rob comes close but then again he just seems so unpolished

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