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Originally Posted by Slava
Just out and about this morning there is a riding that could have a real surprise in NE calgary. I honestly haven't looked at the name of the riding, but there is an Independent Conservative candidate named Ron Leech there. He has a lot of signs up, at least in the areas that I was in. (I'm talking about signs on private property...which means a lot of commited voters).
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Its definitely going to be a battlefield. While we may disagree on politics and who we perceive as the median Alberta voter, voting patterns since 1992 tend to indicate that there are a huge amount of "conservatives." Many of these conservatives are disenchanted and/or unhappy. Whether they swing left, or right, independent or protest will greatly affect the electoral results.
Incidentally, I've noticed a lot of Chandler signs in SE Calgary too... I wonder if he's a factor.
Also, to comment on your previous post... I'd would say the centre-left voter is overrepresented and splintered moreso than the centre-right. The Liberals, NDP and Green Party all have significant policy that cater to that group of people (with the NDP and Green getting fairly radical left). The biggest enemy of the Liberals is the NDP, as they (and now the Greens) vote-split the left, and I think the Dippers pride themselves on playing spoiler. Up until now, the other centre-right/right parties (Social Credit, etc.) have not been factors in splitting the centre-right vote. Should be interesting now to see how the WRA and these independent conservatives sway the vote percentages.