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Originally Posted by Changing City
I was expecting some weirdly negative spin from you. This was also David Eby's first election as leader, and the NDP vote held up pretty well. They got 47.7% of the votes in 2020, and 44.6% this time. (Apparently their share of the vote increased in Vancouver.) With Kevin Falcon jumping ship and putting a hole in the hull as he left, and most voters seemingly voting for (or against) parties, rather than the politicians who used to be BC United MLAs, it was to be expected that the outcome would be close, as the polls indicated. The collapse of the Green vote was more than the polls expected. Maybe they were who stayed home as their vote wasn't going to make a difference in most seats.
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Speaking of weird takes, you’re trying to portray Eby as a fresh unknown quantity? British Columbians are well aware of what he has on offer, from his playing footsie with Black Bloc anarchists against the Olympics, through his disastrous oversight of “affordable housing” like Chard’s Vivid project in Victoria to his failed decrim policies.
Is it any wonder voters were willing to give Rustad’s almost unknown party virtually the same popular vote as Eby’s?
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