^ I don't want to quote it because its too big, but that breakdown will be wrong for sure. I don't think anyone believes that Kent Hehr loses Calgary Buffalo and its not close. Same goes for David Swann in Mountain View. Then we get to ridings like Currie, Varsity, McCall and Klein where there is a decent shot for the Liberals.
Then we move along to ridings like Lethbridge where the support is a lot different than what is shown here and I think there is a legit shot for the Liberals to take both seats. Its way more up in the air than this indicates at the very least.
I know that it "feels" like there are no Liberals in Alberta, or at least it feels like it's one in a million, but thats a product of FPTP. In my riding the Liberal did nothing in 2008 and still picked up 24% of the vote. Granted, 2008 was totally different and there were different factors, but my point is that there are ridings where if the Liberal vote holds and there is a split with the PC/WR they could come up the middle. I know you guys here are skeptical, and its not a lock by any stretch, but Liberals know this could happen as well. Deep down the WR and PCs know it too; thats why the "Blue Committee" was formed a couple of years ago. I have a feeling there could be a couple of surprises tomorrow night.
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