The voting pattern in Alberta was remarkably similar to what we saw in Manitoba and Ontario...the party seen to be on the centre-left (within the context of that province's political culture - ie: PC in Alberta, NDP in MB, Libs and NDP in Ontario) swept the cities and suburbs while the party of the far right (PCs in Ontario and MB and WRA in AB) was relegated to being purely a rural phenomenon.
Similar rural split too... in all the cases, the North voted along the centre-left/left of centre line (PC in ALTA; NDP in MB; NDP/LIB in ON)
this really was a polls were dead wrong, and once people got to the polling booth they decided the devil they knew was better. Undecideds ran to the safety of the PCs... i knew the bad media coverage would have some impact, esp in the cities.. i just thought it would be a minority
