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Pat
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posted 05 February 2002 11:46 PM      Profile for Pat   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
I'm throwing this topic out there because I've been thinking about it for awhile. What does the left need to do before the next election to improve their chances of winning?

I think they need younger voters involved although it didn't sound like wooing the anarchist vote went that well. The left used to get their vote out well on election day but that didn't happen last election. Splitting the vote between the NDP and the Green's is obviously a problem and I'm sure all the mainstream media will come out in favour of the right wing in the next election. So fire away


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DrConway
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posted 06 February 2002 01:07 AM      Profile for DrConway     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
What the left needs is a buncha baseball bats to thump the ever-loving bejeezus out of any bozo who shoots his fool mouth off spouting off some right-wing nuttiness.

Whack enough people enough times and they get the message loud and clear.


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Terry J
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posted 06 February 2002 03:40 AM      Profile for Terry J     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Go Doc

A short answer-people to get off their bums and march down to the polling booth on election day. It was amazing how many people didn't vote in the last election. If the marijuana party had ever gotten out their vote...
I forget never mind


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Jacob Two-Two
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posted 06 February 2002 05:08 AM      Profile for Jacob Two-Two     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Everyone knows that BC politics is loopy, swinging back and forth all the time.

I think a platform of expanded democracy would appeal well to an electorate that is suffering from political motion-sickness. The Greens already support proportional representation, don't they? If the NDP adopted this it could attract a lot of people otherwise fed up with voting (it's not my favourite democracy policy, but it's a simple one that's easy to understand). Present this as a step towards solving our polarized politics and voters will go for it.

As for Greens splitting the vote, I don't think hoards of people will be voting Liberal next time around so I don't mind a little splitting. Whichever party gets in should have a healthy fear of the precariousness of their position. The only good politician is a scared politician.


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sheep
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posted 06 February 2002 11:23 AM      Profile for sheep     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
quote:
Whack enough people enough times and they get the message loud and clear.

Was this from Bush's state of the union speech? Pretty good summation of current US foreign policy.


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rasmus
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posted 06 February 2002 01:29 PM      Profile for rasmus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Must as I'd like to stuff this forum, I'm afraid this belongs in "Politics"
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