madmax Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I voted WR minority for one simple reason. Wholesale change doesn't seem to go over well with Altertans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewTeddy Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wildrose Majority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydraboss Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Traveller. Oh, Travelllllleeeerrrrr....... Would someone PLEASE predict an "easy PC majority"????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellowtraveller Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleeding heart Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I have to wonder what the "OTHER" outcome is on the 2nd question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewTeddy Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 I have to wonder what the "OTHER" outcome is on the 2nd question. "NDP Majority" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewTeddy Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 My full projection including map http://blunt-objects.blogspot.ca/2012/04/alberta-preview.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 BUMP!!! 2 days to get your predictions in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nittanylionstorm07 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Here's what I'll go with: Wildrose- 49 Progressive Conservatives- 33 New Democrats- 5 Liberals- 0 Alberta- 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleClassCentrist Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capricorn Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Hi geoffrey, hope you're doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallc Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 So, did WR voters get cold feet? Or are Albertans not as crazy as this forum makes them appear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyly Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 wyly... is in the house! Traveller. Oh, Travelllllleeeerrrrr....... Hydraboss. Oh, Hydrabosssssssssssss....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeyhands Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share Posted April 24, 2012 Traveller is apparently the smartest guy in the room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz Posted April 24, 2012 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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