Alberta Politics in a Nutshell
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jamesqThe least conservative part of the province is Edmonton.
There are two close races in Edmonton (the rest of the province is a landslide Conservative victory - they don't call it "fortress Alberta" for nothing). Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Sherwood Park
Edmonton-Strathcona is between the NDP candidate Linda Duncan and the Conservative incumbent Rahim Jaffer.
Jaffer is the "Rob Anders" of Edmonton, which is to say, widely acknowledged to be a fuck-up even by people in his own party.
As I write this, they're in a dead heat.
Edmonton-Sherwood Park is between the incumbent Tim Uppal and an independent, James Ford.
The only reason it's close is that James Ford has publicly stated that he will cross the floor to be a Conservative if elected. There's basically two Conservative candidates in Edmonton-Sherwood Park. They're splitting the vote. And splitting the vote, the remaining candidates combined still couldn't beat one of the two conservative candidate's vote totals.
What's the matter with Alberta?
There are two close races in Edmonton (the rest of the province is a landslide Conservative victory - they don't call it "fortress Alberta" for nothing). Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Sherwood Park
Edmonton-Strathcona is between the NDP candidate Linda Duncan and the Conservative incumbent Rahim Jaffer.
Jaffer is the "Rob Anders" of Edmonton, which is to say, widely acknowledged to be a fuck-up even by people in his own party.
As I write this, they're in a dead heat.
Edmonton-Sherwood Park is between the incumbent Tim Uppal and an independent, James Ford.
The only reason it's close is that James Ford has publicly stated that he will cross the floor to be a Conservative if elected. There's basically two Conservative candidates in Edmonton-Sherwood Park. They're splitting the vote. And splitting the vote, the remaining candidates combined still couldn't beat one of the two conservative candidate's vote totals.
What's the matter with Alberta?
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Date: 2008-10-15 04:40 pm (UTC)I don't post about politics on my own LJ, so I'll just squee myself to death over here on yours, if you don't mind!
The only positive I can take away from my own home riding of Andersland is that at least the anti-Anders vote seemed to coalesce around one candidate, but alas, even with that there was no chance.