Canada

I still voted NDP but they really lost me the second they announced a 'balanced budget'. As someone who has a business degree, and has taken econ courses and is a hard core Keynesian, I knew this was so very wrong not just for the current economic climate, but for the party as well. It sounded to me like nothing more than a flimsy campaign promise to get votes...nothing more. It kind of made him sound desperate. As the article suggests, this was the VERY election for left wing policies, and instead the NDP shifted to the right.

Right after the election I wasn't so sure I wanted Mulcair to leave. But as I rethink it more and more I think he should step down. His behavior after the election also factors into my new thinking somewhat.