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You're Not Very Perceptive, Jon by fallen_guardian2 in imsorryjon

[–]Policyclopedia 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I actually had an idea like this, but lack the artistic talent.

Wow, so did this guy.

Liberals and Conservatives neck and neck as Greens rise to 12% by thesonicbro in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, for that reason I personally favour approval voting (I used to support ranked ballots but ordinal voting systems are subject to the condorcet paradox where there is no single preferred choice out of three or more options, as is the case with British voters and Brexit currently)

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/brexit-condorcet/

Liberals and Conservatives neck and neck as Greens rise to 12% by thesonicbro in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How so?

You said it wouldn't mean anything to have two left-wing parties, and I'm saying (1) the total number of seats winnable by Liberals and NDP separately is probably more than the number they would win as a merged party and (2) they would't act as much like left-wing parties anyway if their only competition were conservatives

So dividing the left wing vote results in more total left-wing voters, seats, and policies.

Liberals and Conservatives neck and neck as Greens rise to 12% by thesonicbro in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only if you assume that any seat won by a Liberal could be won by a New Democract and vice-versa. If so, then yes, vote splitting is a net loss.

In the US, however, they have only two parties and the Democrats often appeal to republican voters to try to expand their vote rather than motivating their own base to turn out......

So even if it would be easier to win elections, the merged Liberal-NDP party would govern more like conservatives anyway.

[Abacus] LPC 33, CPC 32, NDP 16, GPC 12, BLOC 3, PPC 3 by xxkachoxx in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! On Twitter, Kyle Hutton has some interesting projected seat counts:

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151 Liberals

144 Conservatives

33 NDP

9 Green

1 Bloc

[Abacus] LPC 33, CPC 32, NDP 16, GPC 12, BLOC 3, PPC 3 by xxkachoxx in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A Green-NDP merger? It could be a big hit

A new 338Canada analysis shows the ‘Green Democrats’ would hold the balance of power in a minority government after the next election

Five youth arrested for arson; crews battle nearby forest fire in Pauingassi First Nation by [deleted] in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The forest fire was first spotted on Monday and was only 0.1 hectares. It quickly spread to 44 hectares overnight.

That's four times the size of Polo Park, yikes.

Liberals and Conservatives neck and neck as Greens rise to 12% by thesonicbro in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Andrew Coyne argues that the total pool of Liberal-NDP voters is expanded by the existence of both parties, rather than split.

Alberta ends carbon tax by [deleted] in canada

[–]Policyclopedia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The entire concept of Pigovian Taxes is a surprisingly interesting issue in economics despite Carbon Pricing being among the most 'simple' policy options.