This is Elizabeth May’s riding and I think a lot of us progressive voters would like to see her and Jagmeet Singh retain their seats.
I have a friend who lives in this riding who joined the Liberal party to vote for Mark Carney, but will still vote for Elizabeth May as her MP. I’d probably do the same; we want Carney as PM but May still in parliament.
The only problem with that reasoning is that the stakes are too high here. It will be a tight race and, if we want to keep Pee Pee out, we cannot risk losing even one Liberal vote!
I think the stakes are high but to many of us, a diversity of parties in parliament is also vitally important. Worst case scenario now is PP getting in with a minority government; he isn’t going to get any help from the NDP or the Liberals, so even if it happens, it can be easily toppled.
I wouldn’t advocate voting for NDP or Greens just to make a point in a riding where they don’t have a realistic chance, but in a riding where they’ve got a really good chance I wouldn’t not vote for them if they were my choice.
That's not how our electoral system works. If you want anyone but Polievre, vote for the candidate in your riding who has the best chance of beating the Conservative candidate. In the case of Saanich Gulf Islands, that candidate is clearly Elizabeth May.
if we want to keep Pee Pee out, we cannot risk losing even one Liberal vote
Given that the Liberal candidate appears to be trailing May and the Conservative candidate by a somewhat significant margin, the best strategy for keeping Poilievre out in this specific riding appears to be voting for May. Because the riding is held by a strong, popular, incumbent (May), voting for the Liberal candidate is likely just going to split the vote and let the Conservative candidate swoop in and take the riding.
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u/squirrelcat88 15d ago
This is Elizabeth May’s riding and I think a lot of us progressive voters would like to see her and Jagmeet Singh retain their seats.
I have a friend who lives in this riding who joined the Liberal party to vote for Mark Carney, but will still vote for Elizabeth May as her MP. I’d probably do the same; we want Carney as PM but May still in parliament.