The federal Liberals are seeing a dive in popularity among younger voters, once the core of their base, falling 23 points behind the Conservatives by the end of August, according to new polling from Nanos Research.

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    1 year ago

    Wonder if they’ll suddenly remember about electoral reform if they find themselves on the wrong side of first-past-the-post.

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      1 year ago

      Nope, because they know that FPTP means they stand a chance at a majority in the future.

      PR would mean permanent minority status, which, in turn, means both a) less corporate cash, and b) increased pressure to actually deliver on popular policy, rather than be caretakers for five years.

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      1 year ago

      FPTP has benefitted the Liberals far more than any other other parties put together over the last 60 years.