McPherson is probably the most capable of the three of actually growing the party’s base and seat count significantly while Ashton & Lewis are more in tune with the activist wings (in Lewis’s case) and more East and Central Canadian NDP voters (in the case of Ashton etc.) but I think that the Mulcair/Layton & West Coast NDP types have been struggling to win NDP leadership races since after the leap manifesto etc. so it might be an uphill battle to make the party less of an echo-chamber etc. (The CPC has increasingly had a similar problem where the Reform/Alliance Wing obstructs any attempts to modernize the party on climate & social policy to make it more accessible etc.)
bigjimbay on
Lewis and Ashton probably my favorites. McQuail has some really interesting things to say as well. McPherson probably my least inspiring choice but she’s ran a good campaign and they will probably be getting my vote next election regardless so let’s ball
j821c on
Kind of funny but unsurprising that the person who, based on these numbers, is most likely to grow the party (McPherson) is least likely to win because NDP supporters are less likely to support her approach. The NDP is really just running into the CPC/Poilievre problem.
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McPherson is probably the most capable of the three of actually growing the party’s base and seat count significantly while Ashton & Lewis are more in tune with the activist wings (in Lewis’s case) and more East and Central Canadian NDP voters (in the case of Ashton etc.) but I think that the Mulcair/Layton & West Coast NDP types have been struggling to win NDP leadership races since after the leap manifesto etc. so it might be an uphill battle to make the party less of an echo-chamber etc. (The CPC has increasingly had a similar problem where the Reform/Alliance Wing obstructs any attempts to modernize the party on climate & social policy to make it more accessible etc.)
Lewis and Ashton probably my favorites. McQuail has some really interesting things to say as well. McPherson probably my least inspiring choice but she’s ran a good campaign and they will probably be getting my vote next election regardless so let’s ball
Kind of funny but unsurprising that the person who, based on these numbers, is most likely to grow the party (McPherson) is least likely to win because NDP supporters are less likely to support her approach. The NDP is really just running into the CPC/Poilievre problem.