The Problem

The numbers, in this page, are from the 2011 elections. In 2015, the numbers were better, but this year’s election (2019) will be a repeat of the divided progressive vote as in 2011 if we do not vote strategically for one progressive candidate in each riding. The numbers are coming from the federal election in Canada in 2011, in which 5 million votes in 57 electoral districts were wasted due to the progressive vote divide. In these districts, the combined progressive vote (CPV) would have been greater than that of the total support for the Conservative government. Five million Canadians went to the poll and cast a ballot to make a statement and ended up changing nothing.

See the math in action in one of those districts:

Don Valley East, Ontario without SV

In Don Valley East, Ontario, the combined progressive vote (CPV) represented 63% of the total ballots cast, but the Conservatives won the seat.