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26: Polling, Punditry, and the Politics of Collapse
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In this episode of Red-Tory, Jesse Hirsh and Allan Gregg break down the two recent federal leaders' debates and reflect on what they reveal about the state of Canadian democracy. As the 2025 election unfolds, Canada appears to be sliding into a two-party system, shedding the diversity and nuance that once defined its political landscape.
We explore how the very category of “politics” has become discredited over the past several decades—reduced to spectacle, stripped of substance, and hollowed out by cynicism. Meanwhile, polling has morphed into a form of technological determinism, shaping campaigns before ideas can take root, and acting more like market prediction than democratic engagement.
What’s missing? Grand visions. Ambitious ideas. Narratives that inspire and mobilize. Jesse and Allan argue that without them, politics risks becoming a game no one wants to play—and that’s exactly what those in power want.
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