In the Vancouver-area riding, NDP candidate Peter Julian is urging Liberal and Green supporters to vote strategically to prevent Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre from gaining power. He articulates that strategic voting involves voters backing a less preferred party to block a third party from winning. This strategy, while historically utilized in elections, poses challenges as it relies heavily on accurate data about voter preferences in specific ridings. While national and provincial polling informs broader trends, detailed local polling can be scarce, affecting strategic voting effectiveness.
Strategic voting occurs when someone who, instead of voting for the party of their choice, decides to vote for another party in order to block a third party from gaining office.
What Julian is saying is that those Liberal or Green supporters should consider strategic voting. It's a voting strategy that's been employed in elections before, and being called upon again in this federal election.
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