Provincial Election 2019 - Quick Poll

[RealJimmyJames]

Have a bunch of acquaintances who figure that the NDP is done for in Alberta because folks will want to vote them out. I know these individuals wouldn't have voted NDP last time, or at least haven't admitted to it. Got me wondering if anyone has actually changed their stance.

So, have you changed your mind about what Alberta Provincial party to vote for?

[J-hop]

Other than carbon taxation (getting rid of) I wonder what the hot topics will be.

[dubhead]

Didn't vote for the NDP and don't plan on it. Really don't know who to vote for next.

I do however predict a second NDP term as the right is a giant cluster fuck at the moment. The Wildrose will have to cut out the crazy to get centrists on board. They have also publicly put doewn a merger. If history is any indication it's unlikely that Albertan's will vote the PC's back in especially after such an extreme move to give them the boot. I also don't think a lot of people are willing to get behind one of Harper's goons making a power move to take over the provincial PC's.

I stil lthink there are actually plenty of quite NDP supporters out there and I would stay stay quite too with some of the straight up ignorant shit Anti NDP people say on social media.

Time will tell I suppose

[16hypen3sp]

The real show starts once the PC Party have their leader chosen.

If it's Kenney, I expect late-2017 and 2018 to be interesting. If it's not him, I don't see any hope of a merger between the PC and WRP. The NDP and any solid supporters they have are going to come out swinging in the campaign. Brian Topp is pulling the strings with Jansens recent floor crossing as a 'centrist' rebranding.

I voted WRP in 2015 and WRP in 2012. If an election was held now, I would still vote WRP. By the time the next election comes around, PC may be a viable option for me again. All depends on the next two years and what they bring.

Polls have the AB NDP at pretty much a total and complete collapse right now.

[btimbit]

Last time I wasn't able to vote. Missed the advance polls then got called out of town last minute, so missed the regular date as well.

Next time I'll try harder to make it. And my vote won't be to the NDP, but who on the right it goes too is yet to be decided

[dirtsniffer]

Already see the vote split happening

Over the last decade the PCs have been spending like socialists and clearly they hide in every level of the party.

The wildrose is the only choice. Or a merger, which would rid us of the PCs, which would be best.

[schurchill39]

I voted WRP last election and thus far I have really liked everything they have done as official opposition (mind you with the NDP as a majority it all seems to be falling on deaf ears).

What I find interesting is in the people around my office who openly admitted to voting NDP (some out of spite for the PC gov, others because NDP promised major health reform and a new cancer center) are now saying it was a huge mistake. They aren't quite as right wing as WRP is but definitely are swinging towards PC now.

[mzdspd]

I voted PC and we will see what happens in the next few years with their leadership. Next time will either be PC or WRP (leaning this way).

[HiTempguy1]

While I am a staunch conservative supporter, I felt the need to be rid of the PC's was worth a dice roll and voted ndp.

I learned a hard lesson. Never again will I vote against my interests/beliefs. Fucking unreal what they've done.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1
While I am a staunch conservative supporter, I felt the need to be rid of the PC's was worth a dice roll and voted ndp.

I learned a hard lesson. Never again will I vote against my interests/beliefs. Fucking unreal what they've done.

This is not a comment/attack against you personally, but more of a general comment - I found it quite disappointing how many people acted from this point of view - the protest vote is an incredibly short-sighted action to take, IMO. It can have broad reaching, and long standing implications.

It begs the question, if you are a staunch Conservative supporter, why wouldn't you vote WRP (something that's at least closer to Cons than the NDP)? Still a vote to get the 40 year PC party out, but it likely aligns more closely with your interests/beliefs, no?

edit: FWIW I voted WRP. I'd vote for them again, but I think ideally WRP and PC band together to prevent another vote split, which I think is a very real possibility.

[JohnnyHockey]

Curious why no centrist party is taking shape...

[Buster]

People sent their protest vote to the NDP because they didn't want to place their protest vote with the ideologue WRP.

Then they are surprised when they get an ideologue NDP party in power. With the world's worst ideology.

Strange things.

[Buster]

Originally posted by JohnnyHockey
Curious why no centrist party is taking shape...

Why does everyone assume a centrist party is the best way forward. Centrist doesn't mean much, depending on where the centre actually is. Centrist parties in Canada are WAY WAY too left for the good of the populace.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: the political party in the US or Canada, that figures out liberal social policies and combines that with a low-tax, fiscal conservative governing policy will start cleaning up in elections.

[suntan]

Originally posted by cjblair


This is not a comment/attack against you personally, but more of a general comment - I found it quite disappointing how many people acted from this point of view - the protest vote is an incredibly short-sighted action to take, IMO. It can have broad reaching, and long standing implications.

It begs the question, if you are a staunch Conservative supporter, why wouldn't you vote WRP (something that's at least closer to Cons than the NDP)? Still a vote to get the 40 year PC party out, but it likely aligns more closely with your interests/beliefs, no?

edit: FWIW I voted WRP. I'd vote for them again, but I think ideally WRP and PC band together to prevent another vote split, which I think is a very real possibility.

First mistake is that you expect HiTempguy1 to act rationally and with all the information available to him.

[ZenOps]

I don't vote based on parties. I vote potato.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by Buster




I've said it before, I'll say it again: the political party in the US or Canada, that figures out liberal social policies and combines that with a low-tax, fiscal conservative governing policy will start cleaning up in elections.

That's the dream. I think it would be too difficult to get votes from the uneducated supporters of the right and left sides (which is what they would need to clean up). The people that are more emotional voters will tend to side with something that's all right (or all left) wing, because those parties will have more of an "identity" they can relate to/support.... if that makes sense at all. Not sure how to explain it.

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by dirtsniffer
Already see the vote split happening

Over the last decade the PCs have been spending like socialists and clearly they hide in every level of the party.

The wildrose is the only choice. Or a merger, which would rid us of the PCs, which would be best.

The vote split is most concerning, but not as much as the whole farce we call a Democracy. The feds don't give a shit about Albertans. We're redneck cash cows to them.

Separation, Direct Democracy, or continuous demise. Take your pick.

With that said, and given the current confines, then WR.

[Feruk]

Voted WR last time. Undecided go-forward, but it'll be something PC/WR related.

The socially liberal and fiscally conservative party is always the dream. Haven't seen it yet though.

[ickyflex]

Wildrose for sure

[Feruk]

To add, why do we need these overcomplicated poll answers? Why not simply "who will you vote for in 2019?" I qualify for two of these categories...