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Food for thought:
There's a lot of criticism about countries that have a two party system when it comes to federal elections. The disadvantages are obvious as it creates a ton of voter apathy and allows for a narrower field of options when it comes inter-party cooperation. However, it seems like there's certainly a case for it.
When it comes to Canada, you vote Conservative if you lean right. There's really no viable second option. However, if you lean left, you have three main parties to choose from (NDP, Liberals, Green). This causes a massive split between votes. So theoretically the vast majority of the country could be left leaning, but when you split those votes between three parties, you're likely stuck with the right wing party still standing with the majority vote.
So what's the solution? Do we try and move to a two party system as well? Do we try and convince the lefts to join together and create one party that wont split the votes?
How do you fix the split votes?
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