Opinion article by: Greg Staley
Written On: 2025-02-20
The “other” category is surging among decided and leaning voters in Ontario – what does it mean?
There are only a handful of “other” parties in Ontario and arguably, only one of them is legitimate – the New Blue Party of Ontario. The New Blue Party registered 108 candidates amid a snap election that no one wanted or expected.
The party with the most candidates after that is a party that was deregistered after the last election in Ontario and hadn’t been active on social media since February of 2023. In contrast, that party was only able to register 44 candidates.
According to a Mainstreet Tracking Poll, “other” sits around 6 percent province-wide. In Hamilton/Niagara/Waterloo “other” sits at 14.1% and in South-western and Northern Ontario “other” is polling at 15%. These are notable numbers that simply can’t be ignored.
Waterloo region includes Kitchener and Cambridge – these two cities include the ridings that Jim and Belinda Karahalios, the leaders of the New Blue party are running in.
So with no real “other” contenders other than the New Blue Party of Ontario led by Jim Karahalios and his wife Belinda Karahalios – it’s a safe assumption that the bulk of the “other” vote is set to go to a New Blue option on the ballot.
Ontario is in desperate need of a legitimate Conservative option. Finally, Ontarians can choose a real Conservatism in the New Blue Party of Ontario. After this election, they’ll be hard to ignore.
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