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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The two current parties seem to be really polarizing people, plus the comments some have made about picking the least poor option in this election. It sounds like a lot of people are going into the election plugging their nose while voting and that many people are not overjoyed with either of them. It seems like some people don't like the NDP for their reasons, but will still pick them over the UCP because of their extreme fringe elements. Just saying, it would not be a bad thing if there was something in between that could bridge that some how.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the NDP, but there isn't anything wrong with not liking them either.
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Thanks for the clarification. I feel like the people who are holding their nose, are traditional conservatives that are lending their vote to the NDP. I think we can agree that these people may indeed like a third option that is between the NDP and UCP on the spectrum.
I was initially classified in this category. I voted UCP last election. I can’t stand this version of the UCP, but honestly once I spent some time (it didn’t take much) understanding what the ANDP actually is, and looking closer at their policy, I realized that they are, in fact, the moderate conservative option. I don’t agree with everything they want to do (or everything they did last time in power) but the vast majority of their platform aligns with my socially progressive and fiscally conservative values pretty well actually.
I just feel that a number of albertans just don’t quite realize that the NDP (god forbid lol) is actually a Conservative Party in a lot of ways. They are pretty good.