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NDP leader introduces bill that would require floor crossers to face voters first (www.ctvnews.ca)
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NDP leader introduces bill that would require floor crossers to face voters first

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ndp-leader-introduces-bill-that-would-require-floor-crossers-to-face-voters-first/

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[–] [S] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I've been around a long time, and I have never witnessed an election where people didn't vote for the party. It's been this way for a very long time.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    It’s just human nature to vote for the strong man / party.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    It doesn't seem like it's about strength, necessarily. Ordinary voters just can't keep track of more than a few factions. (And forget keeping track of the individual issues).

    Where things manage to be non-partisan, it's because there's a strong and extensive network of local power brokers that people will listen to, like pastors or elders. Failing that, parties emerge over and over again to present a brand, and actual issue-by-issue decisions happen inside.

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