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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The PC brand is going to remain toxic for another election cycle - both with the electorate, and with any strong candidate with leadership aspirations.
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The PC brand wasn't exactly toxic last time around - they still finished second in popular support.
Much of the NDP's support was a protest vote. Protests are notorious for being soft support, and the way Notley has handled things so far is going to hurt her. Wildrose has its own, well discussed problems. That leaves a large gap of people from centre-right to centre-left looking for a place to go. The Liberals may as well just fold up shop, and Clark/AB Party don't have the name recognition yet.
That leaves a large section of the population open to a return to the PCs. Find the right leader, and the PCs storm back to retake government pretty easily, imnsho.