Posted on 04/22/2012 6:01:58 PM PDT by nuconvert
Barring any weekend surprises, it looks like Wildrose leader Danielle Smith will be Alberta's next premier. Several polls have come out over the past 72 hours putting Smith's upstart Wildrose Alliance ahead of the governing Progressive Conservatives both in terms of popular vote and seat distribution in the provincial election.
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Regionally, according to the Abacus poll, the Wildrose Party has a commanding lead in Calgary with 44 per cent support followed by the PCs at 29 per cent, the Liberals at 13 per cent, and the NDP at 12 per cent. In Edmonton, the PCs continue to lead with 36 per cent, followed by Wildrose at 29 per cent, the Liberals at 17 per cent, and the NDP at 16 per cent. And, outside of the two major cities, the Wildrose Party has a commanding 25-point lead over the PCs.
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I don’t think anyone is surprised by that, people knew that was happening and the polling reflected it. What’s surprising is the party that lead in every poll for a month came in second. They were polling at around 40 and got 34. PC was polling at about a third and got 44.
Kinda like how in the last real election Hugo Chavez was losing 59-41 in exit polls but “won” by the same margin.
I don’t think fraud is big in Canada but stupidity is.
You mean the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, who want to empower the Human Rights Commission?
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