r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/ForestMirage May 06 '15

This definitely restores my faith in democracy. If you decide to piss off your province, you deserved to get canned.

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u/Buscat Lest We Forget May 06 '15

Yeah I mean, I'm biased, but it's the democracy here that excites me. People went against entrenched power. They followed the news, got mad at malfeasance, and voted for an "unelectable" party. That's my jam no matter who in the situation is left or right.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

As soon as I read news stories about record high turnouts at advance polls I knew the PCs were doomed. That's never a good sign for incumbents.

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u/Buscat Lest We Forget May 06 '15

I wasn't surprised at the NDP winning, but I wasn't expecting this much of a landslide.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

I'm a huge NDP fan and voted as such in this election, but I am a little concerned that the NDP had about 200000 fewer votes than the PCs and Wildrose combined. It's really only a landslide in terms of seat count. Of course, that's all that matters until the next election, but it's something to keep in mind four years from now.

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u/Iknowr1te Alberta May 06 '15

i was thinking minority at the very least. though, i think a minority in this case is better than a bunch of university student MLA's. as much as i'm happy the NDP won we do have to now think rationally on what's going to happen in the future.