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Originally Posted by MarchHare
As someone who lives in the riding, I've received multiple phone calls and direct mailings from both the Liberal and PC candidates. I haven't heard anything from the NDP or Wildrose. On the lawn sign front, the Liberals have a huge lead followed distantly by the PCs; once again, the NDP and Wildrose are practically non-existant (I've seen maybe 10 signs total for each, if that).
It's certainly possible that Calgary-Buffalo gets swept up in the orange wave that is apparently crashing over the province, but you don't get that impression at all if you live here.
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It's interesting to me that people equate funding with the quality of the candidate rather than the reality of the riding. In the end there's only so much to go around. The liberals had a lot of money in the riding because of who the outgoing MLA is, and the conservatives just have a lot of money. Really all the NDP had available to them was to find the best available individual possible for the riding and hope people were willing to listen at the debates rather than just look at who threw money at the area. Speaking as someone who knows Kathleen, she would make an excellent MLA.