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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
While the new maps are definitely more representative and 'fair', they do not necessarily benefit the NDP or hurt UCP. The new ridings are likely to go orange, but some tight ridings got harder to flip (CGY-Bow) or keep (CGY-Acadia).
The path to victory very clear under the current system, but not necessarily easy. 12 ridings decided by <700 votes last time went 6 NDP 6 UCP. NDP needs to sweep all 12 to win (could be less if the independent(s) win again). But of course UCP could also sprinkle fairy dust on NW and East Calgary to hold those ridings...
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Agreed, those voters in those ridings need to get their heads into the game.
The best part about these petitions and recalls is that it is causing people to get into conversations with other people about everything going on in this province instead of waiting for the American feed to tell them what's so great about conservatives and separation (National Post, Calgary Herald, Instragram, Facebook, etc).
These citizen led petitions, conversations, and all of the momentum coming out of people activating to this degree is going to build up and get to the ballot box. The longer it goes on, the more people will be engaged.
And then if Smith were to do something to eliminate the recalls.... I think that would result in justified rage from the many, many people who are choosing to get engaged and make their voices heard.