Inside Politics II

Conservative win: one part superior vote-targeting, one part vote splitting

Under a two-party system, that battle would quickly become a struggle between the centre-right and the centre-left because, by its very nature, that's how a polarized system works—it forces ideologues to moderate in order to win votes.

Liberals embarked on the 2011 election campaign seeking a polarized electorate.

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