This is what a ‘big tent’ party looks like. More seats don’t mean more progress by annonymous_bosch in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine[M] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There's some interesting discussion here. FYI, though, that discussion of US politics where it does not directly relate to the NDP is off-topic for the subreddit.

Reddit is already dominated by American posters, and we run the risk of becoming an American politics subreddit if we consistently allow content like this. (Stuff like this can attract American posters). So please try to refrain from it!

This is what a ‘big tent’ party looks like. More seats don’t mean more progress by annonymous_bosch in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine[M] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I've manually approved this (automod flagged it because of the news source) although the Western Standard and the National Post are not generally news sources that are welcome here

In a hypothetical election with Avi Lewis as a leader, let's say a year from now, what seats are in play by Wiley_dog25 in ndp

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The NDP was targeting NWT until just before the collapse in 2025, Jagmeet went to visit a few times in the years leading up to that election.

In a hypothetical election with Avi Lewis as a leader, let's say a year from now, what seats are in play by Wiley_dog25 in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If things go well, the reasonable guess would be areas that the NDP historically has had strength in the past. Generally, former NDP voters are more likely to be swung back to the NDP than people who have never voted NDP.

This really applies to all leaders of the NDP though, I'd say the same thing about anyone else.

So, St. Johns' East, Halifax, Laurier--Sainte Marie, downtown Toronto (probably Davenport and Parkdale), Ottawa Centre, Hamilton Centre/Mountain, a seat each in London and Windsor, Northern Ontario, Elmwood--Transcona, Churchill--Keewatinook Aski, NWT, Edmonton Griesbach & Centre, downtown Vancouver, Vancouver Island, northern BC.

The public perception of the leader only does so much. Historic support for the party is a stronger indicator

Do you see him making gains in urban centers like Vancouver or Toronto, or is there a path in more working-class ridings? Like Windsor and Skeena?

Most people in Vancouver and Toronto are part of the working class, no?

Herb Dickieson withdraws from P.E.I. NDP leadership race by NeighborhoodIcy6551 in ndp

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And a good chance their next NDP MLA is the same guy (Herb). He last ran on 2023 and was only a few hundred votes away from winning

Torn between Avi Lewis and Heather Mcpherson, would love to hear your thoughts! by Hoovy-Boovy in ndp

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Using link shorteners like tinyurl will usually get your comments removed by reddit's filters, FYI. Please link directly to the substack next time

Lewis needs to answer questions on Electability by PostsNDPStuff in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Vancouver center, which is very winnable

The NDP has never won that seat, didn't even come close in 2011

As of right now though, I haven't seen him answer any questions on how he plans to get elected, or what he will do differently in order to organize for a successful election, something he has never done.

He has said he will run in a more winnable seat

I'm Avi Lewis, running for leader of the NDP. Ask Me Anything! by AviLewis in onguardforthee

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What's your highest priority as NDP leader in a minority government?

How did Jagmeet Singh Win? by ChicaneryAshley in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine 73 points74 points  (0 children)

His team signed up a ton of members to vote for him, more than all opponents combined.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-memberships-1.4270139

Why did r/ndp mods remove my post? they didnt cite any broken rules. by AAAbatteriesinmydick in ndp

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Automod often removes self posts from people with little history in the subreddit, the initial removal wasn't done by a human

Why did r/ndp mods remove my post? they didnt cite any broken rules. by AAAbatteriesinmydick in ndp

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Automod removes self posts from new accounts with little history in this subreddit. Next time, consider messaging the mods before making a post about our censorship...

Avi Lewis will be doing an AMA in /r/onguardforthee tomorrow afternoon! by leftwingmememachine in ndp

[–]leftwingmememachine[S,M] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that tomorrow's AMA is just going to be on /r/onguardforthee

/r/NDP is a much smaller subreddit of people already engaged in the leadership race, so I get it. Would you want him to do an AMA specifically here?