MisterF
Senior Member
If enough people vote for an obscure party, shouldn't it be represented?
No, I don't think a party supported by 3% of the population should get a seat in the legislature.
With MMP the smaller parties have nothing to gain by threatening the bigger parties.
You're right, they should get 3 seats at least.
Well go ahead and vote for the referendum if you think multiple Christian Heritage, Marijuana Party, the white supremacist Confederation of Regions and other such MPPs representing a minuscule protest vote is a good thing. I personally think that's crazy.
How do you know they wouldn't want to be part of a coalition government? They could just as easily team up with the liberals in an MMP parliament as with the conservatives if that's what suits their interests. The provincial NDP is a small party that won an election by fluke. The Green party is polling within 1% of the NDP right now, and only the Conservatives and Liberals stand any chance of winning the election.Probably because the federal NDP have worked with the Conservatives more often than not in order to keep the Liberals out of power. The federal NDP has no interest in governing; they have an interest in being the official opposition.
If you take a careful look, their battle is with the Liberals not with the Conservatives. The Liberals are the greatest threat to them.
By the way, I don't view the NDP provincially as a "small" party. They have governed, so in my opinion they are a big party.
What CoR candidates? Only one ran in 2003. And didn't even get 2% of the vote in its own seat.I'm sorry adma, but look at those CoR candidates.
How do you know they wouldn't want to be part of a coalition government? They could just as easily team up with the liberals in an MMP parliament as with the conservatives if that's what suits their interests. The provincial NDP is a small party that won an election by fluke. The Green party is polling within 1% of the NDP right now, and only the Conservatives and Liberals stand any chance of winning the election.