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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I can't believe it took one lake of fire guy to sink the Wild Rose party. And yet dozens of kooks with Kenney being the worst of the bunch have had next to no effect on these numbers. I guess people complaining about the election being about issues less than the economy have had their complaints registered and heard.
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Timing is everything and the electoral math is different this time around. In 2012 oil was over $100/bbl and the economy was not an important election / ballot box issue. At the time the PCs also were a viable alternative for many center right voters.
Now if you fall dead center or a little right wing, to avoid voting in a UCP government you have to vote for an incompetent party whose ideological heart is closer to the Leap Manifesto activists than it is to what you're looking for at a critical time for Alberta's primary industry. That's a completely different proposition than voting for Allison Redford.