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Originally Posted by moon
You can't simply transfer votes from the parties and assume that they equal support for the coalition. There are already posters in this thread that voted for one or the other and don't support the coalition.
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And there are also people who didn't vote who perhaps would have voted for this coalition, so arguing about voter intent at this point is a moot question.
We had an election and this is how it fell out. Under the laws of this country, these three parties can form a government and legitimately claim a mandate from the electorate based on 1) their total seats and 2) their total votes.
I understand, and to a large extent agree, with everyone's counter argument. I also recognize that Albertans feel disenfranchised by this possibility after one of the greatest successes for this province at the federal electoral level.
However, those arguments can only be fully borne out by holding another election, something that I don't think anyone actually wants and could be a complete toss-up.