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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Well, to be fair, it's not like the Conservatives are investing heavily in campaigning in Calgary either. Where I live (Lee Richardson's riding), I haven't seen a single campaign sign for ANY candidate. In fact, I've only seen a grand total of ONE sign since the writ was dropped (a generic "Vote Green Party" sign); someone walking through my neighbourhood would have no idea there was an election going on if they didn't already know. If the CPC weren't running an incumbent MP who I was already familiar with, I wouldn't be able to tell you the name of any of the candidates for any party in the Calgary Centre riding.
The Conservatives know they have this area locked up, so they're allocating their resources to swing ridings elsewhere. Likewise, the opposition parties know they can't win here no matter how hard they try, so they too are concentrating where it might actually make a difference for them. It's really no different than McCain not wasting his time, money, and effort trying to win Massassachutts or Obama trying to win Texas.
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While you are absolutely correct in the assessment, this goes back to to my argument in the Richardson thread that I hijacked. The opposition parties won't put any effort into building a base in this city, therefore they are unelectable. Yet people want to blame the voters for that.
The Conservatives aren't exactly hitting the streets hard, but I at least see large campaign signs placed as you enter each riding. i.e.: Richardson has huge signs up 37th St. appraoching Richmond Road. I've seen a small liberal sign on 50th st. east of Elbow, and a generic Green Party sign in Cranston. Other than those two signs, you'd think Calgary was Mexico, and only one party was contesting the election.