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Originally Posted by btimbit
Yeah that's exactly what I meant with my first paragraph. You'd think that option would be incredibly popular. But instead the closest thing we get is the ndp. So I'll gladly vote for them, but it's still not quite what I want. Just the closest
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I had to laugh at lucky1 thanking Slava’s post about being “socially liberal and fiscally conservative” after saying they refuse to vote ANDP, the only party within an even vague striking distance of that fantasy.
I agree in general that it’s confusing why people seem to struggle so hard with choosing the closest party to their values. ANDP, despite claims to the contrary, aren’t much of a “hard left socialist” option, which is an option I would like, but I’ll still happily vote for them because they’re closer to that than the UCP and I’m not immature enough to pout about my individual desires not being met to a T. I don’t know, maybe other people who fall in that neo-liberal area were spoiled at one point and that’s why they feel like lost centrists? Voting has always been about choosing the closest option for me. Seems… totally normal and expected?
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Originally Posted by GGG
Albertans believe they are fiscally conservative because taxes are lower than the rest of Canada due to Oil and Gas revenues and higher wages.
Albertans have no desire for less service then the rest of Canada.
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This and Hemi-Cuda’s post pretty accurately nail Albertans in general.
- Desire services they don’t want to pay for
- Identify as fiscally conservative because they’re enabled by O&G
- When comparing a party that spends $100M on social welfare vs. a party that spends $100M on corporate welfare, they will overwhelmingly view the latter as smart fiscal conservatism and the former as socialist money burning (and the higher O&G price is, the smarter they view the latter).
If the majority of Albertans voted based on their values, the ANDP would easily win. At this point the ANDP is closer to the formers PCs in terms of fiscal and social policy than the UCP are.