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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
Reading this thread it seems that everyone is either voting for the Wildrose or they are against the Wildrose. There has been a lot of speculation that the WRA may have a hidden agenda or terrible social policies but not much in the way of support for the other parties.
I would then like to ask, If you don't think that we should vote in the WRA, who do you propose that people vote for and more importantly, why?
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I think that people should attempt to vote for a minority government. A WRA minority is, in my opinion, the best possible outcome of this election of any realistic scenarios (and a Conservative minority the second best). The PCs have reached a point where they are in need of a complete overhaul, and Redford won the leadership contest on that mandate but has thus far failed to deliver. As for the WRA, I don't think there is a hidden agenda, but I truly question whether they have the experience and ability to put together a functional government and at the same time deliver on the rather ambitious ideas of change they've promised. Giving them a minority government forces them to move along relatively slowly and carefully, which I think would be good for them right now.
Obviously, voting for a minority isn't an option on the ballot, so it requires a strategic vote. It's an easy decision for me, I'll vote for my incumbent Liberal candidate; he's been a good representative in past years, and diversity of opinion in the legislature is important to me. For others, this probably means voting for the Conservatives, which I realize might be distasteful. But at this point a Conservative majority looks pretty-much off the table, so ensuring that at least some Calgary ridings stay Conservative would be a safe strategy in ensuring that nobody gets a majority.