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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Fair enough, but the NDP isn't competitive federally in Alberta at all. A provincial NDP with the same substance and style as the Federal NDP wouldn't be competitive in this election, even against the worst conservative leader in history.
Provincially the NDP needs to decide whether they want to be competitive in Alberta or stay true to their far left roots, because they can't have both. Seems like they're picking competitive to me, although I think changing the name would help with that.
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I agree with you. The only reason the NDP are competitive at all is because the UCP is so far right that even traditional Conservatives can't vote for them and the lack of a 3rd party that is actually centre or even centre-left so they are now the default "centre" party even though that doesn't fit with their beliefs or policies.
I think they have moved more to the centre than they would have in the past because they see that gap open but not sure it is a long term strategy for them and will mean that many in that party would have to give up some of their beliefs to stay there. It will be interesting to see how it works out long term as this election could signify a major change in Alberta right wing politics if the UCP loses.
Edit: Sorry I disagree that a federal style NDP party wouldn’t be competitive against Smith, that is not true. They would still get a ton of support in the cities and from any rational voter. As bad as they are they would still be a much better option than the UCP.