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Coalitions: The Narcissism of Small Differences

Coalitions: The Narcissism of Small Differences

McLeod Group Blog, Sept. 14, 2015

[Third of three McLeod Group blogs about Coalitions]

In a two-party political system, two parties dominate the political scene, and in an election one has the expectation of forming a majority government.

The Canadian two-party system has become something of a fiction, played out in the hopes and aspirations of three different parties and often in majorities that are that in name alone. The Harper ‘majority’ of 2011—54% of the seats—was achieved with only 39.6% of the ...

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