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 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.