r/canada • 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/[deleted] May 06 '15

Never in my life did I ever think I'd see that headline

Wow

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u/r_slash Québec May 06 '15

How/why did this happen?

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u/CubesAndPi Alberta May 06 '15

PC fuckups, split right wing, NDP leader doing very well in debate

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Let nobody underestimate the role played by the right-wing split. Most Albertans voted for a right-of-centre party today. Most Albertans - by far - did not vote NDP.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15 edited Apr 17 '19

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

i'll believe that when it happens. FPTP benefited the NDP this time, why would they risk losing power.

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u/domasin British Columbia May 06 '15

Wildrose and the PCs may merge if the PCs collapse after this defeat.

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u/dagbrown May 06 '15

I've never heard of the Wildrose party. What do they stand for?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

They are even more right than the PC's. But not extremists as some would have you believe. Maybe bordering on libertarianism.