FPTP vs MMP

[Ivan Avery Frey]

Colin McGregor wrote:

>> One could speculate that NDP might have received a
>> greater share of the 
>> party vote, because a lot of liberal votes were
>> probably strategic.
> 
> One could also easily speculate that NDP support would
> have collapsed and fallen through the floor as people
> who under  MMP would have voted for the Green party
> (or other small party candidates) voted NDP as a way
> to get someone into Queen's Park who wasn't Grit or
> Tory.
> 
> With MMP ALL bets are off, We know it will help small
> parties, and that there will be more small parties.
> Beyond that, who knows? It could effectively destroy
> the NDP, as normal NDP supporters turn to further left
> parties. 

There's a difference between reasonable speculation and outlandish 
nonsense, ;-)

Ivan.
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