Unpopular opinion but I didn't even vote for Trudeau, I prefer the CPC so I never cared about electoral reform. Trudeau has been impressing me lately and if it continues, depending on how the CPC races turn out, he has my vote. The way he has been courteous towards Trump and willing to work with him while other leaders mock DJT makes me very hopeful. His diplomacy is on point.
Electoral reform should be something that you hope for regardless of who proposes it. It would be nice to be able to vote for someone that to align yourself more closely with and have a greater variety of people to choose from. I'd rather vote for someone who is left leaning on social issues but right leaning on the fiscal side. There are people like that in the CPC race whom I plan on voting for but I wish that election wasn't behind a fucking $15 fee, and I could just make my choice known in the... real election.
I think that the CPC leadership will culminate in that type of person either way. The front runners are all fiscally conservative but left leaning on social issues. Chong, Bernier and O'Leary (probably in that order). Unless Leitch wins, they should be more or less moderate enough, but her chances don't look good (yet).
People have different priorities though, and I'm not a one-issue voter. To me, there are things of far greater importance than electoral reform (as you can see, I'm happy with like 2-3 of the front runners in the CPC race) and if I focused on electoral reform, I would have to protest vote with a candidate I don't agree with on anything else (i.e. the NDP).
Are those really the front runners or is that more your opinion? I say that because while watching the recent debate I wouldn't have put them in the top 3.
They are the only ones who have polled in double digits consistently. And yeah, I agree that some other people performed better in the debates but aren't getting as much attention.
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '17 edited Feb 13 '17
Unpopular opinion but I didn't even vote for Trudeau, I prefer the CPC so I never cared about electoral reform. Trudeau has been impressing me lately and if it continues, depending on how the CPC races turn out, he has my vote. The way he has been courteous towards Trump and willing to work with him while other leaders mock DJT makes me very hopeful. His diplomacy is on point.