Let me think about it. I think in the worst case, it’ll be the same as now. The people who’d vote for the candidate who’s on the ballot would come out and vote as before. All the 39% of them. 😅 Cause they didn’t get screwed. Then the Q is how many of the people who’d otherwise vote for the candidate that was dropped from the ballot would come out and vote for the not-Ford candidate. Maybe zero. Maybe some would vote for Ford. Maybe some would vote for the other candidate. Don’t know. Yes we’re entitled af. But my bet is that a good chunk would vote for them. Most folks I know are ABC voters. In multiple election cycles, the struggle has been to figure out who’s the ABC candidate/party in their particular riding that is most likely to win. And mistakes have been made leading to C winning with hundreds of votes. Theoretically dropping candidates might result in more votes for Ford but I doubt it won’t be more than balanced out by some folks holding their noses while voting orange or red.

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