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Alberta NDP win in Calgary-Shaw byelection (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Low turn out but promising result! Before some argue the Alberta Progressive Tories split the UCP vote, so did the alberta liberal party from the NDP.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I saw that argument too but you could also assume that a lot of people didn’t want to vote for UCP any longer. And neither like the NDP (in Calgary a lot of people soured on Nenshi). So the Tories were a good non-UCP conservative option.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    but you could also assume that a lot of people didn’t want to vote for UCP any longer.

    I'm cautiously optimistic that is what's happening.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I'm willing to have a reasonable conversation with a reasonable conservative any day. As long as you're not trying to carry water for that spectacular mistake of a party that is the UCP, I welcome the return of a principled conservative party to the province. I might not agree with them, but at least I can respect their refusal to go all the way to crazy town.

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