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Originally Posted by V
So you're saying the St. Albert riding isn't brainwashed to vote Conservative because...they voted Conservative provincially?
Gotcha.
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No, not at all.
If i had to rank the riding from Sure Thing at one end and Up For Grabs at the other, it would be in the middle. I think that there is a standing minority Liberal vote there that would mobilize if there appeared to be potential for a vote split on the right in a federal election. That element didnt even have to pinch its nose to vote for Stephen Khan provincially last time.
The one NDP federal seat in Edmonton gets a lot more water cooler discussion than Calgarians might think. Add in a popular Edmonton mayor who dominates the media and loves picking at the feds and encouraging people to question whether The capital region would be better served with a few less government seats so that the Feds would have to listen up. There is growing discontent in Edmonton and St Albert just became more interesting, epecially if Rathgerber runs again.
Edmonton East (goldring) is going to have an interesting race as Goldring is modestly more popular than Anders. NDP won two seats provincially in that riding last proincial election. It is up for grabs i suspect.