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Originally Posted by Jacks
Well that ignores the results of elections during every other oil downturn we have had in the last 40-50 years. The NDP win was a near perfect vote split with a tired scandal ridden party on one side and a "lake of fire" party on the other side. This time the NDP pulled most of the anti-UCP vote possible and still lost huge.
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No one thought the NEP was Alberta's fault. If anything Lougheed's response cemented the PCs even further. Getty went nuts with the debt, and then they shot him in the kneecaps, so the incumbent was self-immolated. No way the NDP were going to shelf Notley.