I think that this year, spring has been on hold just like the provincial election: we all know it’s coming, but it’s not official until April 11.
For those of us going into this without our candidates of choice decided, we’ll weigh more than how the candidates line up with our own perspectives on the issues but also the effectiveness of our votes within the context of our riding. Just to clarify, I’m talking about vote-splitting here.
During the last provincial election, the BC Liberals, it seems, were more than happy to exploit this situation.
Why else would they have purchased a full-page advertisement in the Victoria Times-Colonist praising the Green Party of BC?
Aside from continuing to push for electoral reform, I don’t have any brilliant solutions to resolve this.
That said, if each of us works harder to remain politically engaged when it’s not election season ... maybe the political movement we hope for can inch closer to reality.
Here at The Undercurrent, we want to hear more about the issues that you’re thinking about this election season.
