Strategic Voting

Towards the end of the last campaign nearly every leader started talking about strategic voting. Layton told people a vote for the NDP would give them the balance of power. Martin told people that a vote for NDP was a vote for the Conservatives. There are times, in certain ridings where a vote for the NDP is a vote for the Conservatives and there are times when a vote for the Liberals is a vote for the conservatives and there are even times when a vote for the Conservatives is a vote for the Bloc.

The problem with this kind of thinking is that you have to be very careful because it depends on your specific riding. Take for example the last election in the riding of New-Westminster Coquitlam and the very fine point made here.