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Marokai Backbeat
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« on: April 21, 2012, 09:22:24 PM »

Whoa Danielle Smith is actually kind of hot. It's too bad she has to lead such a horrid party.

Just read the "Policy and identity" section of their Wikipedia article; so they're pretty much American Republicans?

As I've said, not quite. Smith is still pro choice and pro same sex marriage.

Sort of by necessity, though, really.
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 09:48:51 PM »

So the PCs still have a majority ? Good.

LOL, I can't believe I'm actually cheering at a conservative victory. Grin

Let's not get too excited yet, though I'm getting cautiously optimistic.
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 09:49:40 PM »

NDP ahead in Lethbridge West = awesome.

Sort of out of nowhere. Liberal vote there completely collapsed and NDP % there has ballooned since the last election.


Liberal leader trailing in his riding.
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 09:56:47 PM »


NDP gets the second actual elected seat of the night. Finally glad to see some concrete results.
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 10:09:05 PM »

Wildrose down to 17. lol
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 10:13:24 PM »


/cheer
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Marokai Backbeat
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E: -7.42, S: -7.39

« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 10:02:45 PM »

WRP did badly in seats for losing by "only" ten points. How many FPP elections won by similar margins have resulted in such lopsided numbers? Conversely, the Liberals and NDP did pretty well for parties that won less than 10% of the vote. Just look at Calgary and Edmonton - the WRP beat the Liberals in both cities (by a significant margin in the former), but still won less seats.

The only comparison I can think of recently would be Manitoba last year, where the PCs came within 2.5% of the NDP's overall vote share and gained absolutely nothing. The MNDP wound up gaining a seat to form their largest majority ever, despite losing 2% over their previous election showing. Just lucky seat distribution I suppose. (And similarly, the Manitoba PCs racked up the vote in southern/rural Manitoba, while gaining basically no foothold in the urban area/s.)
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