Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Ferarri]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

In my community which is part of a pretty reliably conservative riding (Calgary West) so far I've seen several NDP signs and no UCP signs, hopefully an indication of a shift.

Was driving through Arbour Lake and saw a ton of UCP signs for Jason Luan. Wasn’t great as the NDP candidate didn’t have very many. Hopefully not a sign of things to come in that riding or city in general.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

No he wasn't. He was just placed in the land of lemmings. McDavid or James Neal would have won if they ran.

Harper wanted him in. Anders was able to tap into the anti-abortion set.

[para transit fellow]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

Anders is still alive?

Is Anders is any way relevant to current events?

[Fuzz]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1653162803002478592


This is pretty disturbing. The UCP don't even want to be apart of Canada anymore. Vote carefully.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://twitter.com/user/status/1653162803002478592


This is pretty disturbing. The UCP don't even want to be apart of Canada anymore. Vote carefully.

That’s the thing, they do want to be apart of Canada.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I didn't even read it like that.

If someone with severe mental health issues hasn't broken any laws but wants a gun... just because? Uh... man, maybe not, right?

Never mind mental issues, some people are just too stupid to own and / or operate dangerous things.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Anderson will backstab Smith when the time comes.

[Duruss]

That's horrifying. They are power mad.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

What neighbourhood are you in? I’m in SW Calgary and have yet to see a single UCP sign on private property… first time I can ever remember that happening.

It’s only day 1 though, and of course which streets you happen to frequent makes a huge difference for that sort of thing. If I’m being honest I drive and walk the same handful of streets in my area on most days….

Calgary north. 338 had us as lean ndp

[direwolf]

Jesus H Christ, these people are completely bats*** insane. Please Alberta, I beg you. Don't let these lunatics take over the province. I may live in BC now, but I grew up in Calgary and I still have friends and family scattered throughout the province. Watching what's been happening there with this UCP government is incredibly disturbing.

[Reggie Dunlop]

I can see a desperate UCP adopting Steve Bannon tactics and turning on the sh#t-spigots with disinformation. Lou Arab and Rachel Notley run a sex dungeon in the basement of Chicken-On-The-Way..... Thomas Dang's laptop.... Etc.

[Yoho]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1653186920233533442

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

I don’t get it.

0 new polls.

338: lowers UCP projection by one seat.

Why?

[Fuzz]

I don't get it.


Somehow people think the UCP isn't an unmitigated disaster heading for a train wreck into a volcano in a hurricane.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

I don’t get it.

0 new polls.

338: lowers UCP projection by one seat.

Why?

If I had to guess I'd say National polls. In their model there'd be some movement based on national polls as key sentiment changes will also affect provincial politics

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

I don’t get it.

0 new polls.

338: lowers UCP projection by one seat.

Why?

Really depends on how they are doing the projection. If they are just saying here's the poll results - NDP has gained 10% since the last election - so any seat they lost by less than 10% - they will now win - and that is your adjustment.

Ideally you'd want projections by the 'regions' of Alberta - Calgary, Edmonton and rural. I.e. if NDP is +15% in Edmonton, +5% in Calgary and -5% in Rural - that doesn't move the needle much in terms of seats. But if its +15% in Edmonton, +15% in Calgary and -10% in rural - the seats change a lot more.

I don't know how detailed the polls are now and if they have or use the splits by region.

(all numbers used in this post are made up)

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

In my community which is part of a pretty reliably conservative riding (Calgary West) so far I've seen several NDP signs and no UCP signs, hopefully an indication of a shift.

I’m also Calgary west. A bunch of ucp signs popped up yesterday. About 10-4 ucp to NDP in the streets I walked the dog on this morning.

[Fuzz]

Smith must think voters are absolute utter morons. She's promising to get rid of the carbon tax. Remember how Kenney tried that, went to the Supreme Court and lost? WTF is she planning om doing, taking it to the Really Supreme Court?

Presumably this falls in line with our own pension, police force, tax collection, and ultimately thinking they have the ability to #### off form Canada. Which they do, I just wish they'd do it right now and leave the rest of the province alone. How can Conservatives support this? But oh, hey, Notley is scary.

[Geraldsh]

Is there any evidence that the signs sway voters one way or the other? Those signs can’t be that cheap.

[Ozy_Flame]

Why does she do this with her face