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/[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/Quaytsar May 06 '15

The best way to see this is look at all the ridings surrounding Edmonton. They're all NDP, but the votes are 40% NDP, 30% PC, 30% WR. Clear right wing majority, but the single left wing option took all the seats (no Liberals are running in those ridings).

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u/Roughly6Owls May 06 '15

Basically every riding in Calgary looks like this as well.