Provincial Election

[Kin]

i don't know how slight the ndp's leverage was...i'm not saying this means they're right..but a lot of talking heads seemed to think the last budget was fairly ndp friendly ...and the convervatives are still the official opposition aren't they?  ..so i don't see how this election moved the ndp forward...like they must have a reason for doing what they did..and hindsight is 20/20 ..but it does seem like this was a mistep. 

the party itself questioned its own leadership during the election didn't it?

I mean, this is a little more partisan than I tend to get but from what I know about the NDP, which isn't a ton but I know a folk or two, there was a real split on the issue. Some of them really didn't like where they were, some did. Some are less happy with where they are now, some think this is their only real path to forming a government.

 

[bustaheims]

I mean, this is a little more partisan than I tend to get but from what I know about the NDP, which isn't a ton but I know a folk or two, there was a real split on the issue. Some of them really didn't like where they were, some did. Some are less happy with where they are now, some think this is their only real path to forming a government.

I also think it's fair to say the PC cost the NDP more votes than the NDP cost themselves. A good portion of people that may have voted NDP voted Liberal in this past election as part of a strategic voting strategy to ensure that Hudak did not become Premier. If the PC platform and their leader weren't so abhorrent to people on the left wing, the NDP would likely have gained a number of seats.