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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
So how are you any better than a UCP voter who wont vote for an NDP candidate even if they are the better candidate and representative?
NDP Candidates and Politicians are EXACTLY the same as and UCP Candidate and current politicians. Being on the NDP (or whoever) doesn't make someone a good or bad politician, the person themselves define that.
I am no UCP voter, but the NDP MLA's in office now can be just as snaky, back biting, dishonest and immoral as any current UCP MLA. They CAN be, not all are. Just like not every UCP MLA and candidate are.
This province is better with a mix of representatives from both parties. The best candidates should win, not the party people hate less.
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Here's the thing though.
I'd rather vote for a bad politician who is going to implement an agenda I agree with, than a good politician who is going to implement an agenda that I think is genuinely harmful to the province/Albertans.
That being said, I'm also considering the leaders when I vote.
The UCP is run by the worst kind of politician, who is running on that harmful platform.
The NDP have a platform that I much more closely align with, and RN is a much more trustworthy/competent leader.
Now when you add in the fact that I think the proportion of "Good" vs "Bad" politicians in the UCP vs the NDP is much much higher it isn't even a race.
It doesn't really matter if I vote for a "Good" candidate, if they are going to be absolutely swamped by the bad ones in their own party.
I could have the best candidate in the world running for the UCP, and it still isn't enough to sway me to vote for them, because ultimately they are supporting a platform that I don't believe in, and I truly think is harmful. A "Good" candidate who believes the opposite of what I believe is not a good candidate.
None of this is to say that all UCP candidates are bad people.
There are just none that I would want to represent me, because by running for the UCP they are telling me that we stand on the opposite sides of some very big issues.