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Originally Posted by moon
But how will a conservative party stay in power if they being to alienate the socially conservative voters, mainly out west, if they start to change their views. Moving more center opens up the door to another Reform type party starting. It is a tightrope that they have to walk. All I am saying is moving furhter central to me seems to make them the Liberals of of the early 90's and we saw how that played out west. It may not happen all at once but if Harper is replaced by a moderate and the party starts shifting from its social conservatism too much I could see another grassroots movement starting.
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Don't underestimate the voting power of all the new people that are moving into this province. Many of them come from relatively left-leaning parts of the country or world, and will bring along their political views and beliefs. As Calgary and Edmonton become bigger players on the international scene (as they often claim to be doing), they will get a much wider cross-section of immigrants and newcomers. I know many people around here dont like that (there seem to be a couple of fuming posters on this board that appear to want to get the lynch mob ready), but that's what happens when a city starts to grow up....more opinions and choice.
As well, I think young people these days are much more liberal in their social views than their parents. I think every generation tends to be more open than the last in regards to acceptance, so Im not sure if some of the morality issues that right-wingers are pushing will be as important to a lot of younger people as they grow into roles of leadership. There will of course be other hot-button issues that develop, but as a straight, calgary-raised 25 year old of parents who've voted PC provincially and nationally for a long long time, I have absolutely no desire to dictate which genders can have sex or get married. That's not my business, and I really dont even think about it when deciding who to vote for.
The environment to me is what morals is to an older generation. More and more, it becomes my biggest voting decider....and I have a feeling with the way things are going, it will become a much bigger one for young people everywhere.