Originally posted by Smasandian
The NDP ****ed the 2015 election. It was primed for an NDP minority at least...and Muclair ****ed it.I might be wrong in remembering but people wanted the opposite of Harper...and Muclair is like "balanced" budget and etc...while Trudeau wasn't.
It also doesn't help that the NDP are going for young people with their policies and etc (tax the rich, fix the housing system)....and young groups has always been a less than forthcoming voting base.
Mulcair could've been an excellent leader.
The problem with him is, he listened to his advisors and "calmed down".
In one the debates, Mulcair looked like a deer in headlights because he was trying to be nice and people saw right through that.
People loved his aggressiveness.
And he came out against the face covering bill in Quebec (which is very popular) and the NDPs' popularity plummeted after that.
He really shot himself in the foot.
The Liberals should not have won that election (2015).