Umfrage: Einige Kanadier sind zu „politischen Waisen“ geworden, weil die Parteien „zu extrem“ geworden sind

In Brief:

* More than one-third of Canadians believe the country’s two biggest political parties, the federal Liberals and Conservatives, have become more extreme and have moved away from the middle when it comes to their political beliefs, according to a new survey.
* “As federal political parties take turns labelling the other as extremists, there is widespread belief that political options are abandoning the middle,” non-profit Angus Reid Institute wrote in a press release Thursday.
* Overall, about one-third (36 per cent) of Canadians surveyed describe themselves as “political orphans” who find that all parties are “too extreme.” This finding includes half (47 per cent) of respondents who consider themselves a part of the political middle.
* Many Canadians also expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of political parties they feel reflect their views.  Nearly half (48 per cent) say they don’t have an option to vote for someone or a party that “really represents” their views.

Crime is up, poverty and homelessness is up.

Generations can’t afford a home 

But we got tons of money for special interests and cronyism. 

Too extreme? It’s just that none of the parties give a shit about actually addressing the big issues affecting Canadians. They either play naive, say something and do nothing or grandstand on useless matters.

Parties have become too detached from economics for everyone.

And then people blame non-voters, hesitant voters, conditional voters, or voters who want their vote to be earned. It’s the “it’s your fault” or “if more people voted my party would win”. Honestly, why do so many people assume that if more people voted the “right” party would win?

Oh, right. I know why. The voting percentage dropped in 2004, after the Progressive Conservative Party folded in under the reformed re-formed Reform party. The PCs were the most responsible, boring, considerate, moderate, “let’s not be hasty and talk this over” party we ever had. I suspect that the most considerate Canadians lost their political home in 2004. It was the more partisan twats and twits who kept voting.

So partisan Canadians who claim that your party would win if non-voters voted, understand that your party has failed to earn votes.

the government is run by wealthy landowners who consult mega corps about which laws to create, and which to enforce. It’s not a matter of being ‘extreme’ that’s just more obfuscation

Too extreme? Both parties operate from a neoliberal framework and their polices are all pretty middle of the road. It’s like the most boring tug of war where whoever wins, we still lose.

I’m one of them but it’s not because parties are too “extreme”, they have become entirely corrupted by power and money and work for the billionaire and corporate class, not us.

I used to vote Green but won’t any more.

Too extreme? Idk about that, my biggest problem with every political party is that none of them do literally fucking anything. We have zero political power beyond our borders and we have about 3-8 glaring domestic problems on provincial and federal levels and not a single party addresses any of them. I’m from Ontario and if the bloc party started campaigning on issues that matter I’d vote for them federally.

At this point every single political party is going to maintain the status quo up until the whole real estate house of cards collapses.

Just give me someone who doesn’t pander to corporations or special interest groups. Someone who doesn’t focus on identity politics and works on creating a better Canada for all Canadians.

As a “political orphan” myself, it has nothing to do with the parties being too extreme. It’s that they don’t represent their constituents anymore. The middle class is getting eaten alive no matter which party stands at the head. Our government looks more and more like a corporate support service than the representation of the wider population. Forcing unions to go back to work and propping the housing market up is not what I want my government doing at all, regardless of what side of the political spectrum they lie on.

Well the Conservatives haven’t moved anywhere because they died when Reform took over and decided to fly under the false flag of Conservative. IMHO the Liberals have moved right and to a lesser extent, so have the NDP. I think they are all just reacting to the general right wing shift that seems to be happening worldwide (except Reform – they were always far right).

I really miss the Progressive Conservatives!

Liberals are just as centrist milquetoast as they have always been. NDP are ineffectually snuggling up to the center also. Conservatives are still openly courting conspiracy theorists and racists.

Greens… are… somewhere? Huh… i think they left and didn’t say goodbye.