Low support for Greens and NDP on P.E.I. came as no surprise to local candidates [Video]

It came as little surprise to two federal candidates on Prince Edward Island that the Green Party and NDP received such low support in Monday’s federal election.

All four of the Island’s ridings remained Liberal red on election night, with the party gathering 58 per cent of the popular vote. The Conservatives also made gains to earn 37.24 per cent of the vote, while support for smaller parties like the Greens and NDP shrank.

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On P.E.I., the NDP had garnered about 2.5 per cent of the total vote by late Tuesday afternoon, with some poll results still to come, and the Greens had about 2.25 per cent.

In the 2021 federal election, the New Democrats earned 9.2 per cent of the popular vote on P.E.I., and the Greens placed even higher with 9.5 per cent. 

Anna Keenan, who ran for the Greens in Malpeque, finished third in the central P.E.I. …