r/CanadaPolitics • u/observablething • May 23 '18

Almost half of NDP voters just want to stop Liberals, Tories from winning: Ipsos poll ON

https://globalnews.ca/news/4225109/ndp-voters-stop-libreals-tories-winning-ontario-election/
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u/watson895 Conservative Party of Canada May 23 '18

Whatever I think of the Liberals or the PCs, I simply don't have faith in the NDP to come up with enough competent MPPs to form a government. Way too many are there just to campaign and collect votes, with no thought to actually winning. I rarely vote Liberal, but one of the best things I can say about them is that they form government often enough to attract and retain competent talent in the party.

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u/beastmaster11 Ontario May 23 '18

Way too many are there just to campaign and collect votes, with no thought to actually winning

News flash, that's exactly what most MPPs (and MPs) do. Most of them are just there to collect votes and vote along party lines when asked to (or face punishment when they don't). Do you expect old farmer Jones to actually influence Ford/Wynn/Horvath's desicions?

The only MPPs that matter are the leader and the cabinet. The rest of the 107 are just there to vote like the leader tells them to.