You've got to take into consideration all the fearmongering about "vote splitting" and helping the Liberals get the majority. I'm sure a lot of people with PPC sings on their yard decided last minute to go with CPC for that.
It's certainly possible, but all of the PPC supporters I came across online were motivated and resolute, though I suppose it's a self-selected bubble.
Viva's riding in Montreal also routinely gets 50%+ Liberal support, so any non-Liberal votes could safely vote their conscience because splitting the vote wasn't a consideration.
I was a little worried about Viva's expectations when he mentioned a few times on air during the election that he expected the PPC to win 10-12 seats, which was a red flag for me.
Anyone who understands the vagaries of the First Past the Post system and the deeply entrenched regional voting patterns would understand that winning a single seat with even 10-12% support as the high water mark in polls (as opposed to 5% on election night) is a very tall order.
The Greens only eventually broke through for a few seats after decades of trying due to the cult of Elizabeth May and the idiosyncrasies of some far-left Vancouver Island ridings.
That was a wholly idiotic expectation by Viva. His supporters should let him know it wasn't a sensible expectation and encourage him to run again in the future.
I like Viva. His content is an interesting mix of outrage, doomerism but unrelenting positivity.
I don't watch his content all the time, though I did watch more during his election run.
I think like a lot of YouTubers though, it's easy to get lost in your own bubble of like-minded supporters and yes men. His streams and YT comments are full of people giving words of encouragement and showering him with superchat money to have their name flash up on the screen and get acknowledged.
Like Twitch culture, it's a weird microcosm and not really reflective of real life.
A lot of PPC supporters and candidates got caught up in fairy tales. I know a guy who was convinced PPC would get 20% of the popular vote
I spoke to my riding's PPC candidate. I asked him what his expectations were (is he aiming for 1% of the vote? No vote goals, just get his name and the PPC name out there?) and whether he would be trying hard in the campaign to become a presence (because in my riding, even the Conservatives have stopped trying. At the time the Conservatives didn't even have a candidate and he could have struck while the iron was hot.) He simultaneously expected he would WIN (despite our riding not having elected even a conservative in 40 years) and also decided he would not have cardboard signs, but rather allow people to PRINT HIS SIGNS ON PAPER AT HOME to put in their windows. He said he wouldn't go door to door(!) but would hold events in public places for people to meet him. I mean, the dude had never been in politics before, but wow.
I watched Viva Frei's post-election livestream yesterday, a pro-free speech YouTuber who ran for the PPC in Montreal.
He was pretty demoralized after he only got 3% of the vote and was talking like he wasn't going to run again.
Too bad. He's a good man.
Maxime Bernier is going to need all the help he can get.
You've got to take into consideration all the fearmongering about "vote splitting" and helping the Liberals get the majority. I'm sure a lot of people with PPC sings on their yard decided last minute to go with CPC for that.
It's certainly possible, but all of the PPC supporters I came across online were motivated and resolute, though I suppose it's a self-selected bubble.
Viva's riding in Montreal also routinely gets 50%+ Liberal support, so any non-Liberal votes could safely vote their conscience because splitting the vote wasn't a consideration.
I was a little worried about Viva's expectations when he mentioned a few times on air during the election that he expected the PPC to win 10-12 seats, which was a red flag for me.
Anyone who understands the vagaries of the First Past the Post system and the deeply entrenched regional voting patterns would understand that winning a single seat with even 10-12% support as the high water mark in polls (as opposed to 5% on election night) is a very tall order.
The Greens only eventually broke through for a few seats after decades of trying due to the cult of Elizabeth May and the idiosyncrasies of some far-left Vancouver Island ridings.
That was a wholly idiotic expectation by Viva. His supporters should let him know it wasn't a sensible expectation and encourage him to run again in the future.
I like Viva. His content is an interesting mix of outrage, doomerism but unrelenting positivity.
I don't watch his content all the time, though I did watch more during his election run.
I think like a lot of YouTubers though, it's easy to get lost in your own bubble of like-minded supporters and yes men. His streams and YT comments are full of people giving words of encouragement and showering him with superchat money to have their name flash up on the screen and get acknowledged.
Like Twitch culture, it's a weird microcosm and not really reflective of real life.
I spoke to my riding's PPC candidate. I asked him what his expectations were (is he aiming for 1% of the vote? No vote goals, just get his name and the PPC name out there?) and whether he would be trying hard in the campaign to become a presence (because in my riding, even the Conservatives have stopped trying. At the time the Conservatives didn't even have a candidate and he could have struck while the iron was hot.) He simultaneously expected he would WIN (despite our riding not having elected even a conservative in 40 years) and also decided he would not have cardboard signs, but rather allow people to PRINT HIS SIGNS ON PAPER AT HOME to put in their windows. He said he wouldn't go door to door(!) but would hold events in public places for people to meet him. I mean, the dude had never been in politics before, but wow.