Why Vancouver Island is shaping up to be a hot spot for strategic voting [Video]

A growing number of left-leaning voters across B.C. are thinking of voting strategically as polls show the province has some of the tightest races in the country.

J.B. Burrows, founder and managing director of SmartVoting.ca, a site that helps voters choose left-leaning candidates in their riding that it believes are most likely to win, says Vancouver Island, in particular, is an anomaly across Canada.

“There’s no other place in this country where the parties that are not Conservative are so competitive with each other,” Burrows told CBC News. 

The seven ridings on Vancouver Island have traditionally swung back and forth from the Conservatives to the NDP. The Green Party is also a strong contender in the region, with co-leader Elizabeth May holding one of the party’s two seats. 

There hasn’t been a Liberal MP on the island since 2011. But pollsters say that could change with this election as Carney …