Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Kickazzflames

My results were interesting..

Spoiler!

United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) 72%
Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta (WIP) 62%
Alberta Liberal Party (LIB) 39%
Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) 39%
Alberta Party (AP) 35%
Green Party of Alberta (GRN) 30%

What did you have to go with to get this score?

• Lock up the druggies,
• Guns for all,
• Use this 1 last oil boom to cut my taxes 1 more time,
• F*** Trudeau, lets say mean things to Canada.
• We don't like these socialist programs unless it benefits the rich (more money to private schools).

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by #-3

What did you have to go with to get this score?

• Lock up the druggies,
• Guns for all,
• Use this 1 last oil boom to cut my taxes 1 more time,
• F*** Trudeau, lets say mean things to Canada.
• We don't like these socialist programs unless it benefits the rich (more money to private schools).

Privatize the air we breath.

[TorqueDog]

Alberta Liberal Party - 74%
Alberta New Democratic Party - 70%
Alberta Party - 68%
Green Party of Alberta - 67%
United Conservative Party of Alberta - 33%
Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta - 29%

Looks about right to me.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by cSpooge

As long as the signs are on private property there is no issue with them being up. The rules about when/where signs can go up only apply to public property.

Yeah, same as in municipal elections - at least in my city.

[Erick Estrada]

Alberta Liberal Party - 59%
Alberta Party - 54%
Alberta New Democratic Party - 54%
United Conservative Party of Alberta - 49%
Green Party of Alberta - 48%
Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta - 45%

As always I find myself in the middle. I should vote Liberal based on this.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by #-3

What did you have to go with to get this score?

• Lock up the druggies,
• Guns for all,
• Use this 1 last oil boom to cut my taxes 1 more time,
• F*** Trudeau, lets say mean things to Canada.
• We don't like these socialist programs unless it benefits the rich (more money to private schools).

this might have come off as snarky, but since there is a 50% + chance of the party expressing these views being elected, I would really love a forum where more people were at least articulating their support of this stuff, so others here could understand.

[kermitology]

LOL..

[Superflyer]

From peoples results, if we only voted based on the vote compass, the liberals would be winners with the green as the opposition. Imagine the shockwaves through the province and country if that happened.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by cSpooge

As long as the signs are on private property there is no issue with them being up. The rules about when/where signs can go up only apply to public property.

If so, my incumbent UCP candidate definitely jumped the gun. His signs were basically lining 37th street from Richmond to Bow trail at least 24 hours early.

I mean… my guess is that’s more about some overenthused volunteer not understanding instructions than anything nefarious or worth fussing over.

And I have yet to see a sign of his on a private lawn. I assume that’s coming, though the conventional wisdom is he’s in trouble if there has been an overall double digit drop in UCP support. NDP signs are popping up all around my neighbourhood—they clearly had their volunteers out over the weekend.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by kermitology

LOL..

I guess it really isn’t easy being green….

[Kickazzflames]

Originally Posted by #-3

What did you have to go with to get this score?

• Lock up the druggies. Actually I aligned with NDP here.
• Guns for all. Guns for law abiding citizens yes.
• Use this 1 last oil boom to cut my taxes 1 more time. What makes you think this is the last Oil boom? But no I was neutral here.
• F*** Trudeau, lets say mean things to Canada. Again, aligned with NDP here.
• We don't like these socialist programs unless it benefits the rich (more money to private schools). I aligned with the green party, exact opposite. No public funding for private schools.

I found it interesting I ended up exactly between UCP and NDP on the chart but the %'s tell me I am leaning more to UCP. I tend to lean to the right fiscally, socially I am without a party.

Honestly, Smith and Notley both scare me in different ways. So I'll likely not vote unless I hear some solid plans over the next couple of weeks.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Kickazzflames

So I'll likely not vote unless I hear some solid plans over the next couple of weeks.

This is always the wrong plan.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Kickazzflames

I found it interesting I ended up exactly between UCP and NDP on the chart but the %'s tell me I am leaning more to UCP. I tend to lean to the right fiscally, socially I am without a party.

Honestly, Smith and Notley both scare me in different ways. So I'll likely not vote unless I hear some solid plans over the next couple of weeks.

I'm curious, what scares you about Notley? She is a known leader, so there shouldn't be any hidden surprises.

[Kickazzflames]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

This is always the wrong plan.

In a way backwards way it ends up supporting the NDP, as normally my vote would go conservative.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Kickazzflames

In a way backwards way it ends up supporting the NDP, as normally my vote would go conservative.

Are you ok with that?

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

It would be awesome if more people seriously considered the Alberta Party. They are coming right up the middle and are a sensible choice for many people. It is true that they won't win this election and they likely won't even win a seat but they need the support to continue to build and potentially become a viable choice in the next go around. Without support for tertiary parties we'll continue to spiral to a two party system which is not something we should be encouraging.

I've voted for them in the past and was one of their most vocal supporters here in past elections as well. But since Greg Clark left they're just the island of misfit conservatives, and won't be going anywhere until they get a strong leader again (and I hate to say that, as we're family friends of the Mori####a's).

[powderjunkie]

It's interesting to go question by question results to see where you compare with the parties. Disagreements with NDP for me were typically it's on the most ambiguous questions where I could have answered several different ways...it definitely seems NDP went neutral on those ####ty questions that could easily be twisted the wrong way, which is smart.

There are a few questions that kinda seem unimportant in terms of personal impact, yet I think the answers are absolutely vital and disqualifying for the blue bozos:

Schools should always inform parents if their child uses different gender pronouns in the classroom than they do at home.
Strongly disagree
grn
lib
ap
ndp
You

Strongly agree
wip
ucp

Like...really, this just makes me so sad.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by btimbit

I've voted for them in the past and was one of their most vocal supporters here in past elections as well. But since Greg Clark left they're just the island of misfit conservatives, and won't be going anywhere until they get a strong leader again (and I hate to say that, as we're family friends of the Mori####a's).

No wonder nobody knows the name of their leader.

[GordonBlue]

a while ago I applied to work the election.
It was about 10 days after applications opened up so I don't know if I'll get the call.
Hope I do as the pay is awesome. $255 a day, according to the website.

[Kickazzflames]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I'm curious, what scares you about Notley? She is a known leader, so there shouldn't be any hidden surprises.

You know I was writing up a response to this and ended up writing lists of what I disliked about both Notley and Smith and realized.. I don't really like any politicians.

There is a big surplus of Oil and Gas royalties and I am nervous on how either of them plans to spend/use it. I am going to leave it at that haha.