Can Layton stop the Greens from eating away his base?

[FascistLibertarian]

Really

What could he do and how is he going to do it.

The greens are further left than the NDP.

Its not like say, Alberta, where they could vote in the liberals.

The NDP gets the worse amount of seats for votes out of any of the 4 parties.

Long term I see this as a really bad situation for the far left.

I see it like so:

NDP hurt Libs

Greens hurt NDP

Greens dont hurt libs/cpc

of course the libs and cpc hate each other

[Michael Bluth]

The Greens will hurt the NDP and the Liberals.

The NDP will shift left to keep the base happy. Any guess at how likely the NDP is to dropped the balanced budget platform?

The Liberals will try swinging to the left to pick up the NDPs leftovers.

The CPC moves into the big vacant centre.

[Vancouver King]

Really

What could he do and how is he going to do it.

The greens are further left than the NDP.

Its not like say, Alberta, where they could vote in the liberals.

The NDP gets the worse amount of seats for votes out of any of the 4 parties.

Long term I see this as a really bad situation for the far left.

I see it like so:

NDP hurt Libs

Greens hurt NDP

Greens dont hurt libs/cpc

of course the libs and cpc hate each other

It is unlikely the Greens will hold their 10%+ polling numbers in the next election. Between elections the party is a convenient parking lot for those anxious to demonstrate their environmental bona fides or register other protests against the major parties. Strategic voting will prevail over wasted votes once a campaign is underway.

If it is true they currently draw from the NDP and Liberals any melt in their current percentage can be expected to return to these same two parties.

A similar dynamic affects the NDP - but unlike the Greens will not approach one-half of polling numbers. In this latter case the beneficiary is largely the Liberal Party and this strategic voting by soft New Democrats will be most pronounced if the Tories near majority territory.

[Topaz]

There are former PCers that don't like the Harper group, so what would happen if the Fed Pcer's try to make a come back?? I think if the Fed Pc's wanted to make a come back now is the time! I think the group could take away numbers from the Libs and the Cons. We know they could probably take the Atlantic provinces and Saskatchewan but it also depends who the leader was. IF if was Harris, then FORGET IT!!!!