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Originally Posted by DFO
The baffling thing about much of the election commentary is that the UCP is being treated as if they weren't in fact the incumbent party. They're coming in to fix all these problems they in created for the most part over the last 4 or so decades? Reality is they hung on but preside over a much slimmer majority. This wasn't some come from behind win - they were always the favourites.
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I think that it was a funny dynamic with Notley being the experienced past Premier and Opposition and Smith being the new candidate but current Premier for only a year. It's rare in politics when the incumbent runs against the opponent's more established record.