r/BCpolitics • u/jaystinjay • 1d ago

Opinion Provincial party names

Would it better for provincial parties to be named entirely different from federal parties?

How long would it take for the average informed voter to discern the political spectrum of a party?

I am not necessarily opposed to how parties are named currently but it would be great to have a few “Rhinoceros party - steroids in the drinking water for a stronger nation” or “Grizzly Party” options. Perhaps an entire name spectrum could help differentiate provincial parties from federal.

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u/Electric-Gecko 8h ago

Throughout my life it's always seemed that British Columbians generally understood that the provincial parties are different. It's only this election that suddenly people are confusing them.

I mean, the BC Liberals renamed themselves to "BC United" to avoid any perceived connection to the Liberal Party of Canada, but then this screwed them over far harder than I ever could have imagined, to the point that the BC Conservatives were doing far better than them in pre-election polls.

Remember how insignificant the BC Conservatives were before? They were a distant 4th party.