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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Nah, I disagree. I think most Albertans are centrist, they just need to see the options. Would have preferred Greg Clark there, and really just sold the message as the moderate balance between economy and social values.
I think many Albertans are probably becoming more open to a minority government with a centrist party playing a balance of power role. That would be ideal if possible this year.
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I know you’re going to love this, but this is just naive, wishful thinking. I don’t mean that as an insult either, because you sound like me a decade or 15 years ago. The truth is the “centrists” (AKA Alberta Liberals that are now split into two factions) are more concerned with being right and having good policies than they are with actually winning. Both leaders exemplified this last night; they tell you how these other two have failed and we’re the middle ground, that they’re the only ones who can do whatever it is they’re prattling on about. And then they get ~5-6% and elect a new leader.
I’ve worked on a few winning and mostly losing campaigns, and I have no doubt that the centrists this time around are heading for irrelevance. It’s inconceivable that two weeks out people are flocking to these campaigns in the numbers required to win.