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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I was actually speaking mainly about the WRP. Voters were initially attracted to their fiscally conservative policies, but they lost the election last week when Hunsberger and Leech came under scrutiny. As much as Albertans may be unhappy with the PCs and think have shifted too far to the left, this result was a rejection of social conservatism more than anything else.
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I disagree.
The WRP lost because they are relatively inexperienced. They peaked too early.
The social conservatives coming out is part of that inexperience. But is the party actually socially conservative? I don't believe that for a second.