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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Yeah. I think the NDP name alone is an issue for a lot of people, and their historic far left positioning isn't a platform that is likely to resonate with enough Albertans to form government regularly.
If they stay in the centre and have someone charismatic like Nenshi they have a chance - but it'd be a bigger chance if they changed their colours to purple and called themselves the One Alberta party or something like that. If they elect a true-believer NDP type that's their choice, but it also means they're choosing not to be relevant to the majority of Albertans.
In that case we really would need a new centrist party - because we can't be stuck with the UCP forever - it's just getting worse and worse.
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It's sad that many people can't see past partisan colors or do research on party policy. Even if Greg Clark's Alberta Party isn't an option anymore, the ANDP is the clear go-to choice in their place as the credible centrist option. Of course, to many people they will always be socialist (or communist to the real nutters), despite that being blatantly inaccurate in 2024, and no matter what they the party does - even if they imploded and went extreme right-wing - they will still be.... orange and NDP; therefore bad.