Alberta Election Thread - Election Day April 16 2019

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by 81MC

Irrelevant now, but why is it Alberta is pretty well a two party system? I’m kind of surprised the AP and Liberals have NO seats...are we that clearly divided?

The pendulum effect. The more one party pulls government policy in one direction, the more swing in the opposite direction will be from the next party elected to replace them.

[Muta]

I wonder if the UCP takes away the $25 daycare.

[Hockeyguy15]

I really dislike Kenney and think he is a bad party leader and a worse person. I would be happy to be proven wrong during his term but I can’t really see it.

[Jacks]

Khan in 4th place, good thing he is a lawyer, pipeline engineer and a genuine rocket scientist so he won't have a problem finding a job.

[Slava]

What is with these NDP spokespeople trying to claim they ran a positive campaign?

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Shannon Phillips losing would be icing on the cake.

She leads by 16 votes right now.

[Flamenspiel]

Originally Posted by GGG

CBC showing a graphic that the NDP vote held in Calgary from 2015 to today at about 31%

Well, You have to account for people on the payroll.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Slava

What is with these NDP spokespeople trying to claim they ran a positive campaign?

LOL....no kidding...i just watched that too.

Laughable.

[fundmark19]

I wanted to vote AP however when I googled my candidates name absolutely nothing came up. No personal social media pages no news paper articles. Nothing. If that person would go on to win how could they efffectively speak to my concerns if they can’t even promote themselves during an election race.

[Flamenspiel]

Originally Posted by GGG

CBC showing a graphic that the NDP vote held in Calgary from 2015 to today at about 31%

Well, You have to account for people on the payroll. I am sure it's much higher in Edmonton though.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Muta

I wonder if the UCP takes away the $25 daycare.

I wonder how they’re going to accomplish any of their goals. Cutting taxes without major service cuts won’t lower the deficit.

[CaptainYooh]

Edmonton is all orange. Government unions doing their part.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Ducay

She actively destroyed the oil & gas industry in the first 2 years. Sure, she turned things around and became a decent leader for the last 2 (give credit where credit is due). But she couldn't even undo the damage her platform did, let alone create growth.

As Commodore said: #packyour$h1t

It'll take decades to start to even try to repair the damage or even make a dent in the $60,000,000,000 debt she racked up.

[InglewoodFan]

Originally Posted by fundmark19

I wanted to vote AP however when I googled my candidates name absolutely nothing came up. No personal social media pages no news paper articles. Nothing. If that person would go on to win how could they efffectively speak to my concerns if they can’t even promote themselves during an election race.

Same in my riding, the guy was a ghost. I just got a mailer from him today, bit late.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Edmonton is all orange. Government unions doing their part.

No Good.

[calgarygeologist]

Disappointing for Greg Clark tonight. Mandel killed the AP.

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Slava

What is with these NDP spokespeople trying to claim they ran a positive campaign?

Well they think the Alberta economy is in great shape so what did you expect.

[Mathgod]

The voter has spoken. Frustrating result; I may not like it but I respect it.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Slava

What is with these NDP spokespeople trying to claim they ran a positive campaign?

Lying comes naturally?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

AP currently sitting in double digits in popular vote. That, at least, is something, although it would sure be nice to see Greg Clark make a comeback.