Rise of B.C. Conservatives puts B.C. United on shaky ground — to the NDP's advantage, experts say
Rise of B.C. Conservatives puts B.C. United on shaky ground — to the NDP's advantage, experts say
The Conservative Party of B.C. has made a "splash" in its return to the Legislature, said political scientist Gerald Baier — but whether that will be followed by strong numbers come election time remains to be seen.
One thing political watchers seem to agree on is that the rise of the B.C. Conservatives puts current Opposition party B.C. United, formerly the B.C. Liberal Party, on shaky ground.
Yeah, it's like the reverse of the national situation where there are two competing conservative parties and the NDP to soak up everyone who can't stand either of them. Except the BC NDP are currently, if I recall correctly, quite a bit more popular than the CPC is nationally so that bodes even worse for our two other, uh, "contenders."
For sure -- what will be interesting is to see how it translates federally, because the BC NDP are still a little closer to the (Federal) Liberals and then (Federal) NDP.
As far as I know the BCPC haven't hit 40% in ages, have they?
EDIT: BCPC
Sorry, the CPC or BCPC?
How do the BC NDP differ from Federal Liberals?
They’re more sophisticated and a bit less neoliberal.
The CPBC hasn't gotten more than 5% of the vote in the past half century.
Considering the political placement of LPBC and BCUP pretty much the only shit left for CPBC is the loony bin stuff. They've praised brexit, opposed vaccine mandates, hate trans people, and want unrestricted logging.
The little-c conservative party of BC is the LPBC/BCUP - CPBC are just a bunch of loonies capitalizing on the fame of the national party. They're essentially our local "American Freedom Party"... they're hoping to dupe voters.