What if the NDP had won in 2011? How would the world react if Jack Layton died in office? Who would the NDP chose to be the next prime minister?
on ah.com there is much rejoicing!
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Actually as I recall, the NDP actually came rather close to coming in first. The only other party besides the conservatives to break a 100 seats.Considering that making it to official opposition was mind boggling, the idea of them WINNING is... really tough, shall we say. Was Stephen Harper caught on tape being bribed by the Chinese? No thats not enough. I really, really cant imagine a pod that would let the NDP actually win. The next election? Sure. Not that one.
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That's a bizarre metric. They broke 100 seats, yes, but they're still 50-some seats away from a majority, and 30-to-40 away from what the Tories had been governing with prior. They were nowhere near close to coming in first.Actually as I recall, the NDP actually came rather close to coming in first. The only other party besides the conservatives to break a 100 seats.
That's a bizarre metric. They broke 100 seats, yes, but they're still 50-some seats away from a majority, and 30-to-40 away from what the Tories had been governing with prior. They were nowhere near close to coming in first.
Like Dathi, I can't see this happening without some major scandal(s) coming out, that damage both the Cons and the Libs. Going from perennial third-party to majority government overnight is just impossible, especially when one realises that— outside of Quebec— the NDP only picked up 9 seats.
If you want the NDP in office after 2011, the way to do it would be to stop the Liberal's collapse and keep the Conservatives with a plurality, meaning an NDP-Liberal combination would have a majority of seats. But even then a coalition (or even just a confidence-and-supply deal) is unlikely; the Liberals almost certainly wouldn't agree to be the junior partner in that, and Harper would cry foul and bring back the "coup" rhetoric from the last time a coalition was mentioned.
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I'm with RGB here.
Well, Quebec only has so many seats, Ontario is the next big challenge. BC may go more left steadily but we don't have enough seats here.
There was no upsurge in Ontario. And the Grits still didn't believe then what happened to them could happen to them.
Hmm... if the tories had 40% of the seats, the ndp 32% and the liberals 28%, which would be very unlikely but, i suppose theoretically possible, you might get an ndp led coalition. And the tories clearly couldnt rule on their own...
Doesnt exactly count as 'winning', in my books, though.