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against harper by lisa queen staff writer what if broken promises such as abolishing the gst the ad scam scandal and too many years in office have left you feeling the liberals have outstayed their welcome perhaps youve been impressed with ndp leader jack laytons sense of social responsibility and his ability to set the agenda in ottawa despite having only 19 of 308 seats after all it wasnt known as the ndp budget for nothing but can you really mark an x beside the new democrat in your riding espe cially in york region where ndp support is traditionally sparse and your ballot runs the risk of having little impact especially since voting for the ndp opens the door for stephen harpers conservatives whose policies leave you cold is it better to plug your nose and go with the liberal candidate after all that type of strategic voting was credited or blamed depending on your perspective for reducing ndp support in the last two weeks of last years federal election and handing the liberals a 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get together en masse before heading to the polls mr fletcher said its often only in retrospect pundits decide people voted strategically but dont tell newmarketaurora ndp candidate ed chudak strategic voting doesnt exist he believes he lost 7 to 12 per cent support in last years election when lib erals convinced voters a nod to the ndp would allow the conservatives to sneak up the middle this time around there is a good chance voters could send an ndp can didate from york to ottawa mr chudak added richmond hill resident peter devita a former ndp candidate who pulled in 33 per cent of the vote during a 1990 byelection said the impact of strategic voting is diluted by the fact a party can win a majority government with less than 50 per cent of the popular vote meanwhile he said strategic voting loses all its clout as long as the bloc que- becois maintains its stranglehold on quebec and leaves canada faced with the prospect of successive minority gov ernments still immigration minister joe volpe appears nervous about ndp support in this election suggesting anything but a vote for the liberals means a vote for an unpalatable government jack layton has clearly grown very close to stephen harper earlier this week he almost called him cuddly he said l s a small percentage single digits but it can swing an election in a particular riding im sure traditional ndp supporters think harper who supported sending troops to iraq who wants to join the bal listic missile defense shield and who is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause is more than wrong in his think ing they have genuine concerns as to where he and the conservatives would take this great country concerns we share as politicians continue fearmonger- ing during the campaign mr fletcher suggested voters keep in mind strategic voting can mean more than blocking a despised candidate from winning a rid ing beginning this election parties earn 175 for every vote they get so you can help the party you like build up 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