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Justin Trudeau Won In Canada Through Strategic Voting - It Can Work Here In The UK
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Overcoming the ‘assumption’ of a foregone conclusion was key to changing the outcome of the 2015 Canadian general election. One person who made this happen was Hisham Abdel-Rahman, an IT manager from Calgary, Alberta. Hisham had never before been involved in political campaigning, but wanted to make a difference. He ran a grassroots campaign to get people across the country to vote strategically. He worked with many other groups whose focus was getting out first time voters.
By election day, the combination of giving people belief in the power of their vote and advice on how to vote added 2.7million voters to the election.
Stephen Harper, the sitting Prime Minister, didn’t lose that many votes. What brought progressive parties sweeping into power was new, primarily young voters who joined the electorate. The vote among 18-24 year-olds increased by 18.3% vs the 2011 election, with women in this age group up by 20%.
Brexit was won by getting people who don't normally vote to the polls.
Trudeau did for the same reason.
It works. There is precident.
There are active election strategies to demotivate certain types voters. Resisting that in itself a victory. It's not falling into the trap of having your behaviour manipulated.
Maybe it won't work this time as we are so short on time. But the stage can be set for next time and the shock of NOT getting the landslide in the percentage of the vote May wants will keep minds focused.