madmax Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Ok.. give it your best shot .. Armchair critics.. get your poll revisions in so I can make it better before EDAY! Quote
August1991 Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) I live in Montreal but even I can see this one: a Wild Rose majority. ---- Years ago, I lived in Edmonton for awhile. (I learned to say an accented "Howdy"). I returned several times to Alberta later. IMV, Albertans are not very political people. So when they are forced to decide to be political, they change en masse. This is such a time. ---- Is Danielle Smith another Peter Lougheed (or Ernest Manning)? Will Wild Rose rule Alberta for 40 years or so until 2048? I don't think so. Maybe Albertans are discovering modern democratic government: choice matters. Edited April 17, 2012 by August1991 Quote
capricorn Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 I voted WR minority for one simple reason. Wholesale change doesn't seem to go over well with Altertans. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
TheNewTeddy Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Wildrose Majority Quote Feel free to contact me outside the forums. Add "TheNewTeddy" to Twitter, Facebook, or Hotmail to reach me!
Hydraboss Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Traveller. Oh, Travelllllleeeerrrrr....... Would someone PLEASE predict an "easy PC majority"????? Quote "racist, intolerant, small-minded bigot" - AND APPARENTLY A SOCIALIST (2010) (2015)Economic Left/Right: 8.38 3.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.13 -1.23
waldo Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Traveller. Oh, Travelllllleeeerrrrr....... Would someone PLEASE predict an "easy PC majority"????? you seem quite emboldened! Will the Wildrose get you any closer to your separatist utopia? Quote
Bryan Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 Wholesale change doesn't seem to go over well with Altertans. The history of Alberta provincial politics would say otherwise. Periods of stasis punctuated by wholesale change is how they do things. When they boot a party out of power, they tend to do so permanently. Quote
fellowtraveller Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 PC majority, still, though not so easy. Today, for the first time, the Edmonton Journal is dominated by an examination of Wildrose policy and the stated position of some candidates. Smith is trying hard to distance herself from all of it, but she will fail. Even Graham Thompson, a renowned long time Tory hatwer and baiter columnist, is talking about stategiic voting. What will happen between now and election day is a whoole lot of sucking it up and a commitment to strategic voting by hte left and center in AB. The choices of their voting their traditional NDP/Liberal, and watching Wildrose win with a ratsnest of homophobic misogynists vs holding their noses and votiing PC will carry the day for the PCs. Redford is still far more palatable than Smith to the center and left, and that will be enough. The last few days have been filled with contorversy for Smith about the rank homophobia of one oof her boys, and her refusal to associate the candidate with the Party. Today, she has some front page musings about cllimate change denial. The sheep look up. A whole lot of folks are about to get engaged. Quote The government should do something.
bleeding heart Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 The last few days have been filled with contorversy for Smith about the rank homophobia of one oof her boys, and her refusal to associate the candidate with the Party. Today, she has some front page musings about cllimate change denial. Yes, some people's biggest concerns about the reactionary tendencies of the party have been given credence, and right out of the gate. Quote “There is a limit to how much we can constantly say no to the political masters in Washington. All we had was Afghanistan to wave. On every other file we were offside. Eventually we came onside on Haiti, so we got another arrow in our quiver." --Bill Graham, Former Canadian Foreign Minister, 2007
capricorn Posted April 17, 2012 Report Posted April 17, 2012 The history of Alberta provincial politics would say otherwise. Periods of stasis punctuated by wholesale change is how they do things. When they boot a party out of power, they tend to do so permanently. I see I didn't word my thought well at all. My observation, which is probably still off the mark (), is that after keeping the same party in power for 4 decades, I'm guessing Albertans don't want to go all in for the WR but are dipping their toes into unknown territory. Hence my prediction of a WR minority. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
madmax Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Posted April 17, 2012 I have to wonder what the "OTHER" outcome is on the 2nd question. Quote
TheNewTeddy Posted April 19, 2012 Report Posted April 19, 2012 I have to wonder what the "OTHER" outcome is on the 2nd question. "NDP Majority" Quote Feel free to contact me outside the forums. Add "TheNewTeddy" to Twitter, Facebook, or Hotmail to reach me!
TheNewTeddy Posted April 20, 2012 Report Posted April 20, 2012 My full projection including map http://blunt-objects.blogspot.ca/2012/04/alberta-preview.html Quote Feel free to contact me outside the forums. Add "TheNewTeddy" to Twitter, Facebook, or Hotmail to reach me!
madmax Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Posted April 21, 2012 BUMP!!! 2 days to get your predictions in... Quote
madmax Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Posted April 21, 2012 And a current poll to help guide your vote http://abacusdata.ca/2012/04/20/alberta-politics-final-election-poll-wr-41-pc-31-ndp-13-alp-12/ Quote
nittanylionstorm07 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 Here's what I'll go with: Wildrose- 49 Progressive Conservatives- 33 New Democrats- 5 Liberals- 0 Alberta- 0 Quote
MiddleClassCentrist Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) I'm going to label the outspoken hypocritical libertarian demographic more likely to answer polls. I go with the unlikely PC minority option heheh. Edited April 23, 2012 by MiddleClassCentrist Quote Ideology does not make good policy. Good policy comes from an analysis of options, comparison of options and selection of one option that works best in the current situation. This option is often a compromise between ideologies.
geoffrey Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 Hey guys, thought I'd drop in for my prediction. Loooooong time without a post, I know. How is everyone doing? WRP - 51 PC - 29 NDP - 5 ABP - 2 (Glenora and West Yellowhead) LPA - 0 Quote RealRisk.ca - (Latest Post: Prosecutors have no "Skin in the Game") --
capricorn Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 Hi geoffrey, hope you're doing well. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
Smallc Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 So, did WR voters get cold feet? Or are Albertans not as crazy as this forum makes them appear? Quote
madmax Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 Hey guys, thought I'd drop in for my prediction. Loooooong time without a post, I know. How is everyone doing? WRP - 51 PC - 29 NDP - 5 ABP - 2 (Glenora and West Yellowhead) LPA - 0 Hi Geoffrey Good to hear from you.. I am doing well... and Fellow Traveller is doing fantastic... Quote
wyly Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 So, did WR voters get cold feet? Or are Albertans not as crazy as this forum makes them appear? strategic voting....absolute terror at the thought of intolerant rednecks gaining power saw liberals, NDP and youth vote support the PC...the social moderates of calgary won this election for the PCs...now the wildrose rednecks will burn in a lake of fire for an eternity, maybe they didn't have enough Caucasians representing them... the province breathes a sigh of relief as disaster is averted... Quote “Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.”- John Stuart Mill
waldo Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 wyly... is in the house! Traveller. Oh, Travelllllleeeerrrrr....... Hydraboss. Oh, Hydrabosssssssssssss....... Quote
Shakeyhands Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 Traveller is apparently the smartest guy in the room! Quote "They muddy the water, to make it seem deep." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Topaz Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 I was surprised to see the WR lost out but on second thought, if the Reform party under Harper couldn't take the province in the past elections then the WR wouldn't be able to do it either. Alberta voters seems to want to be a joiner with the rest of Canada and not a firewall like the WR and the reformers. Good going Alberta! Quote
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