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Despite the Liberal Party having a massive lead, many lifelong NDP voters are still abandoning the party to “vote strategically.”

Likely, these voters are unaware that the NDP is likely to fall below the threshold needed to maintain recognized party status and this will lose funding and be unable to ask questions in the House of Commons. 

Strategic voting should be employed only where there is so chance of flipping a conservative seat. There is no benefit to ousting the third party that will already bolster a liberal minority should one arise (it won’t, it’s expected to be a blowout for Liberals either way).

tl;dr if you’re an NDP supporter, and especially if you live in BC, vote NDP. It’s the more “strategic” option.

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Vote for the NDP, not strategically, to ensure party funding and representation