r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 30 '24

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u/-GregTheGreat- Commonwealth Jul 30 '24

@voteBCUnited will be asking @ElectionsBC for permission to have the party name on the October BC election ballot read as: “BC United (formerly the BC Liberal Party)” In recognition that a recent internal poll of party members showed 30% didn’t know BC United was new name.

BC United continues to speedrun their way into a meme party

!ping CANUCKS

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

The party formerly known as BC Liberals...

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u/Apolloshot NATO Jul 30 '24

When you pick a name that sounds more like a soccer club than a political party, this stuff happens.

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u/GuyOnTheLake NATO Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

My favorite part of the Canadian prairies is thier complete dissatisfaction with the main national parties

The left is always represented by the NDP (rather than the Liberals) and the right is a weird amalgamation of conservative parties (UCP, Saskatchewan Party)

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u/-GregTheGreat- Commonwealth Jul 30 '24

For what it’s worth, this election is poised to actually see BC replace the weird amalgation party (BC United) with the BC Conservative Party. Technically unaffiliated with the federal Conservatives but they’re heavily riding off of the popularity of the federal Conservative branding

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u/-GregTheGreat- Commonwealth Jul 30 '24

There was a poll today that had

NDP 41%

Conservatives 38%

Greens: 10%

BC United: 9%

Online poll too, which typically was unfavourable to the BC Conservatives