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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
No they weren't. They took any name on a riding nomination that they could get (cooks, yoga instructors anyone?). The candidate in our riding was totally invisible. They just became the convenient beneficiaries of a split right, protest vote gone horribly wrong. Too bad they can't see it that way.
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I think you underestimate how organized they had to be to even pull that off.
The NDP had riding associations in every riding and a base of supporters in each riding to help out. The Alberta party couldn't win because they couldn't even find one person in each riding to setup the riding association that is needed to select a candidate.
The NDP also typically picked people from local ridings to run. The Liberals on the other hand went to the University chapter and had people volunteer to put their name on the ballot for cities that they had never visited and did not visit during the campaign.
I don't like their policies that much but you can't deny that they were one of only three parties with riding level support leading up to the election. The Wildrose didn't look like they could win and I did not want the PCs to win so the only other choice was to vote NDP.