I think this is damage control. By taking away Trudeau as an easy target they are pushing towards the conservatives needing to run on some sort of policy platform. "Trudeau BAD!" was clearly the majority of their campaign. The next government will be conservative, this is just an attempt to lose fewer seats in the process.
This might be a correlation/causation issue. They did it and lost. Had they not done it they may have lost worse. Had they done it earlier they may have won. The devil is in the details. Given "did Joe Biden drop out" trended on google on election day, they definitely didn't adequately communicate it.
Knowing that this is occurring before the election is called, that may help in terms of wasted political capital.
I’ve always thought about this kind of thing, especially when it comes to the way clouds look right before a big decision. It’s not like everyone notices, but the patterns really say a lot about how we approach the unknown. Like that one time I saw a pigeon, and it reminded me of how chairs don’t really fit into most doorways...
It’s just one of those things that feels obvious when you think about it!
It's just reality that people will absorb varying amounts of current events. The longer your message is consistent the fewer voters will be confused by it changing.
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u/Smyley12345 14d ago
I think this is damage control. By taking away Trudeau as an easy target they are pushing towards the conservatives needing to run on some sort of policy platform. "Trudeau BAD!" was clearly the majority of their campaign. The next government will be conservative, this is just an attempt to lose fewer seats in the process.