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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Certainly their core support is mostly HRM-based. They have a few pockets elsewhere but picked up enough seats in rural NS last time due to general dissatisfaction by the voters with the alternative. They are trying to solidify that rural support to keep otherwise unimpressive candidates like Lenore Zann in office. This may well backfire, along with several of their other decisions.
They are realizing that governing is far more difficult than criticizing, and are resorting to old-school political pork-barrel tactics. They are in some ways the worst of all possible worlds, using the same tactics as all other political parties, but beholden to big labor and especially the NSGEU. All of Joanie Jessome's outrage and Dexter's hard-line statements over the health care negotiations has been carefully stage-managed for the benefit of the naive.
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I don't know how planned it is, but I think you are right.
Ultimately, the NDP is doing a decent enough job aside from stupid moves like this.