Ontario Liberal supporters explained

[normanchateau]

Wouldn't voters who care about marijuana possession laws "as much as any other issue" vote for the marijuana party? Kinda makes sense to me.

I'm sure it makes a lot of sense to you.

However, to the strategic voter, a vote for the Marijuana Party or the Green Party is simply a vote for Stephen Harper. Of all the major party leaders, only Stephen Harper opposes decriminalization. The Liberals, NDP and BQ want decriminalization. Even under the influence of marijuana, a strategic voter would not waste his vote on the Marijuana Party.

The strategic voter also knows not to throw away his vote on the local NDP candidate if the Liberals and CPC are neck-to-neck in his riding. In those ridings, the strategic NDP voter wanting to see decriminalization would need to vote Liberal...and I suspect many will thanks to Harper's blurting out last week that criminal records and jail time are appropriate for simple possession.

[sharkman]

Ah, and yet another thread Normie has hi-jacked to discuss pot. Makes you wonder...

[normanchateau]

Ah, and yet another thread Normie has hi-jacked to discuss pot.  Makes you wonder...

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Yes, any attempt to raise an issue which Ontario Liberal supporters might have an opinion on is clearly an attempt to hijack a thread on the topic of "Ontario Liberal supporters explained." No doubt in Ontario those voters don't care whether Harper wants to put users in jail and give them a permanent criminal record.

Only issues which put the Liberals in a negative light can be fairly described as relevant.

Anything else is off-topic.