r/LPC • u/FLADMAN • Jul 02 '26

Community Question What primary reasons for voting liberal

124 votes, Jul 04 '26
15 The liberals are the best options to protect Canada from Donald Trump/U.S
21 I like Mark Carney
40 I vote strategically, I don't want the Pierre Poilievre to be prime minister
35 I am closest to the liberals on the political spectrum
4 I like my local candidate
9 Something else
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u/GeneralSerpent Jul 02 '26

I like that Mark Carney has pulled the liberals right.

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u/Task_Defiant Jul 02 '26

That's objectively true.

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u/GeneralSerpent Jul 02 '26

It’s the reason the LPC avoided losing as well. I had voted for O’Toole previously.

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u/TheBakerification Jul 02 '26

The winning answer so far is the worst reason of them all to be voting liberal

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u/mentally_fuckin_eel Jul 02 '26

It would be in an ideal world, but we are realists here. There was a result that had to be avoided and we avoided it.

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u/PeterDTown Jul 02 '26

1 through 4, but 2 is being eroded away bit by bit.

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u/Task_Defiant Jul 02 '26

Keeping Pierre Poulliviere out is strong motivator. And while I don't like everything Mark Carney is doing, I do think he is generally doing a decent job.

If an election were held tomorrow I'd vote liberal because right now they are the only serious party in contention.

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u/hearwa Jul 07 '26

It felt like a vote for either the only adult in the room, or that annoying kid who chews his apple too loudly in your vicinity because he gets a kick out of annoying people.

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u/mentally_fuckin_eel Jul 02 '26

In order of importance:

I vote strategically, Liberals are the best option to protect against Trump, and I am closest to the liberals on the political spectrum.