I've been mulling this over for a while now. I was going to vote for Polievre, and am even a card carrying conservative party member.
I had some misgivings about Polievre, but he wasn't Trudeau. I liked a lot of what he's said, and really enjoyed the interview he did with JP.
But since then I learned more.
Part of me still wants to vote PC, simply to get the libs out.. But really it's two sides of the same coin and polievre is on record wanting to do what Trump is doing about antisemitism etc.
Lib or Con, we're going to get the same shit, so my vote won't really matter anyway.
So im going to vote who actually represents me more, even if it's a throw away.
Thoughts?
My riding is ~90% guaranteed to go PC. PPC got nearly 10% in 2021, but is projected much less this round.. But I don't really trust polls and the projections much. I know I've never been polled.
I think people were pulling more for the Conservatives because it seemed like the more winnable choice (this is what tactical voting gets you), and also it seems like Trump's "51st state" comments were effectively weaponized against anyone on the right.
I don't blame Trump for it, I blame the Canadian people for ideological and media capture, failing to realize that Trump being a blowhard is not worse than an establishment that wants them dead in a gutter from a stab wound by a foreigner, or dead in a trench in Ukraine.