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Originally Posted by Tinordi
If PC's hold onto their right flank then Wildrose is destined for the dust heap. Far right parties simply have limited appeal to the median voter - the voter you need to capture to win elections.
Barring major scandal, economic upheaval, or the emergence of a viable governing alternative on the left, the PCs are on solid ground.
I predict that this is Wildrose's zenith.
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The Wildrose got 35% of the vote and showed a lot of strength in the South/Rural ridings, meanwhile for the umpteenth election in a row the left wing parties got a combined 20% of the vote concentrated in a few ridings with little indication of branching out to new voters/areas and you think that the left is the group that the PC's have to look out for?
If anything with Redford and some of the new PC MLA's they are going to occupy the left side of the voting in the Province and it will be a much more moderate Wildrose that attracts the right/center voters that were dumb enough/scared enough to stick with the PC's.
I understand that people want to believe that their view of voting will eventually become the norm but I fail to see anything that indicates a left of center party is going to be a threat to the PC's that already seem to be there now with the leadership they have.