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Originally Posted by thewave46
I'd am curious if the PLQ is as down-and-out as some might say. The federal Liberals were looking pretty sad post-2011, but they rebounded. Is there a chance the PLQ finds the magic again? Or are they doomed to be mostly irrelevant except as kingmaker in a minority government situation?
I'm not sure how ideologically split the PQ and QS are, mostly. The current federal Liberals are close enough to the federal NDP to be kissing cousins right now, but they eschew a formal merger because it means the Liberals have to take on NDP's....more extreme members and limits how rightwards the Liberals can shift without alienating the base.
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There is still definitely a niche for the PLQ going forward in Quebec, and this gives them a "floor" of sorts that they'll probably never go below. They are arguably very close to it now.
But being the "party of non-francophones" in Quebec makes forming even a minority government impossible.
For a very long time, the PLQ was the party of businesspeople and the self-made rich in Quebec - this included a couple million francophones. Add to them the non-francophone vote and it was a winning combination fairly often.
But the CAQ stole away most of those francophone business types, and there is no indication they will be coming back to the PLQ anytime soon.
EDIT: The PLQ is also dead last or next-to-last among the major parties in terms of fundraising, for a couple of years running.