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Originally Posted by Spurs
I think that if at this point you are still supporting the UCP there is no conversation that is going to change your mind, as stated above you aren't supporting them for any reason other than blind loyalty or the myth that NDP are commies, NDP means Trudeau runs Alberta, #### Trudeau etc.
I say this as someone who was a UCP voter, lifelong right wing voter at all levels. There is nothing the UCP offers to Albertans that is better than the NDP. There is no area which their policies are better not the economy, not Oil and Gas, not Provincial-Federal relations, nothing.
People have repeatedly asked for UCP voters to articulate why they are voting for the UCP as you suggest and there has been nothing but crickets because there is no reasonable answer anyone can give.
I have a very hard time believing there are people out there who are ready to jump from UCP to NDP at this point but will stop because someone said UCP voters are idiots. If that is all it takes I doubt they ever really were going to not vote UCP and are just looking for an excuse to justify what they were doing all along.
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Well, first I’m not a UCP voter, so let’s get that out of the way.
But the thing is, NDP supporters going around telling people how dumb they are for voting UCP don’t want to hear why they’d vote UCP. They just want to tell everyone how smart they are and how stupid these other people are. You can’t have a legitimate discussion in that circumstance.
And second, this is where some people learn that a secret ballot is a big deal. I have no doubt that some people debating their vote read this thread and feel like “why would I admit to voting UCP, so those guys can just pile on and call me an idiot?” Of course, those voices aren’t there in the ballot box, and the race is tighter than this thread seems based partly on that. Don’t think it’s true? Look at the 2016 US Presidential election, or Brexit. That’s exactly what happened there.