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Originally Posted by Dion
By sharing I would have to pull a "Dion" by reposting things that are already posted. Plus I don't spend nearly as much time on this forum as many here do.
Notley cost the NDP the last election with her campaign of smear and fear as opposed to defending her record and telling Albertans what she will do for them. My fear is she'll do it again.
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I think the UCP won because they were the shiny new toy and a bunch of lifelong PC voters, who maybe didn't support them when the NDP won, thought they would get things back to normal.
Did Rachel Notley do a lot of smear and fear? Sure I guess, but here's the thing....in a lot of ways she was 100% right.
Jason Kenney, and now Danielle Smith, have been doing everything they could do prove to people that the things Rachael Notley was saying were bang on.
The difference this time is that the message is "Look at what these clowns did" vs "Here's what these clowns are going to do".
Is that the way I like to see politics?
No, I would rather parties spend more time showing with they will do.
But that's where we are.
The fact is most people are not going to read platforms, and most people think they can't trust any politician (heck, Erik Estrada keeps saying he doesn't trust Rachael Notley despite the fact that she has a history of basically doing exactly what he wants her to do, and she's saying she'll keep doing it.) So "here's what I'm gonna do" rings hollow for a lot of people.
For low information voters, which is most voters , the NDP need to point out that the UCP have been terrible, and all signs point to them getting worse.
When you've got 30 seconds of air time to make a point, nuanced policy positions don't work. But a bullet list of:
-Terrible at covid
-Tried to sell provincial parks
-Tried to allow coal mining in sensitive areas
-Are currently lead by a convoy loving science denying unqualified talk show host who has a history of terrible leadership
Is easy to understand, is accurate, and is about as effective as you can be in 30 seconds.
It's better than "We're gonna work for Albertans" or the like, which is about all you can fit in a 30 second add.
The UCP will have to run adds CLAIMING all the terrible things Rachel Notley will do (despite any evidence to back it up).
The NDP will be able to run adds SHOWING all the terrible things the UCP DID do.
It sucks, but it's how it will be, but there is a difference between making claims about someone, and using facts to point out their established track record.