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Originally Posted by Ashartus
With some of these candidates it doesn't even look like some of the parties are trying. The NDP candidate in Calgary West lives in Edmonton, her only experience is as a Safeway clerk (which is still more real-world experience than Rob Anders), and when asked what she thought the big issues in the ward are she replied that she wasn't really familiar but presumed they're the same as other wards. Yeah I know the NDP aren't likely to win, but you'd think they could at least pretend to field a credible candidate.
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Ya, I'm actually pretty disappointed with the effort that they campaigns are making in Calgary all around. I get that chances to win for the opposition parties is somewhere between slim and none, but frankly there are a lot of voters here who are not going to vote CPC.
I also know that the campaign period isn't enough, and that to mount something credible they would need to basically run a campaign for 2 years straight...but the question is do you want to win/try to win or just throw away the seats? Frustrating.
The CPC on the other hand could at least pretend they had to campaign. I swear I've seen only a handful of signs in my riding....maybe a dozen all together. That is seriously pathetic, and not just because its not the party I prefer. I guess it would be nice if there was even a debate to attend or something going on. in Lethbridge (which is easily as slanted in terms of outcome) there are always debates, media coverage and overall just a much more open process.