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Message   Rob Mccart    MIKE POWELL   Democrats Cracked?   July 26, 2025
 8:41 AM *  

MP>Jerking too far towards either side is what is breaking things.  It is also
  >what is causing so many people not to vote at all.  They -- both parties --
  >need to figure out what it is that will attract those that are too turned
  >off to vote at all.  My guess is that most of them are moderates.

That is why we in Canada have 3 main parties, a strong Right, a strong Left
and a medium one, although the far left doesn't seem to get many of the
votes. They have lots of 'great' ideas, but they are always expensive to
implement and most people figure they will either not manage to get those
things done or they will be paid for with higher taxes which may drive
uber wealthy people and some businesses out of the country.

It tends to make that middle party more popular who, although named as
the Liberal party, usually aren't TOO Liberal. That's the party that is
currently in power here and was Trudeau's party for the past 10 years.

What often works out best (IMHO) is when (frequently) we get a party
in power who didn't have a majority (50%+) so they need help to
vote most things through, which you don't get without giving someone
something in return. That swings the policies a little more one way
or the other than they would maybe prefer, but not radically so.

Since the extra votes often come from the far Left party, they agree
to vote with you if they can get a few things going through that often
help out low income people and seniors, moderately good dental covereage
being the last big one that came from one of those deals.

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