Stéphanie Mercier

Agree

No

While not typically campaigning for compulsory voting, the NDP’s focus has been on voluntary participation plus reforms (e.g., electoral reform advocacy in the 2015–2016 period and support for Elections Canada outreach), which aligns more with rejecting a legal requirement than endorsing it. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

No, the right to vote includes the right to abstain.

Canadian civil-liberties framing that voting is a right (not a duty enforceable by penalty) fits better with the NDP’s general rights-based rhetoric; the party’s democracy agenda has focused on removing barriers rather than coercion. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

No, politicians must earn my vote, not rely on state coercion.

The sentiment that parties should earn votes aligns somewhat with the NDP’s emphasis on accountability and engagement, but the anti-‘state coercion’ framing is more characteristic of libertarian/conservative arguments than NDP messaging. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Neutral

Yes, legitimate democracy requires maximum participation.

The NDP strongly supports higher participation and democratic reform, but it has not been clearly identified with the specific claim that ‘legitimate democracy requires’ legally mandated voting; their approach is usually facilitation rather than compulsion. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly disagree

Yes

The NDP generally emphasizes expanding access to voting (e.g., opposing voter-suppression measures and supporting easier registration/ID rules) rather than making voting compulsory; compulsory voting is not a prominent NDP policy plank. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly disagree

No, forcing uninterested people to vote results in random, uninformed decisions.

The NDP typically argues that low turnout reflects barriers and disengagement that can be addressed through reform and outreach, not that more voters would be ‘random’ or ‘uninformed’; this rationale is not a common NDP line. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes, it forces politicians to appeal to the moderate middle rather than just their radicalized base.

The NDP is not oriented around appealing to a ‘moderate middle’ as a primary justification; it often argues for mobilizing participation and representing working people, and it has supported proportional representation rather than compulsory voting to address polarization/representation. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.