I messaged my babes

[charliep]

Perhaps the most interesting number in Alberta will be voter turnout. Over 60 %?

Alberta has an election with clear alternatives. Every riding will be fought out one vote at a time - participation is important.

[mustardman]

Majority govts become Arrogant and Entitled.

Albertans need to Stop electing majority govt.

democracy only works well when there is some opposition in govt.
Turf the bastards out and put in someone else but for gods sake don't give them all the seats. That's been done for 44 years and look where it's got you

[rockpile]

I won't attempt to predict the outcome. Despite what the polling firms indicate, the PC's internal polling is giving them 50 to 55 seats. And they've been very accurate in the past. A lot is going to depend on how Calgary votes and the oil patch is in hyper-drive warning of the "Socialist hoard". Personally, the only party that scares me are the PC's if they get re-elected. The biggest thrill for me though is that we are having an election where it's not a given or a slam dunk. Those only happen once in a lifetime in AB.

[mustardman]

I can't help thinking if Peter Lougheed was around he'd be voting NDp
This pc party is SO Far from his roots it's not funny

[rockpile]

I don't understand why no one will just come out and say it. The PC Party is bought and paid for by the elite in the Petroleum Club and the Banksters and the Gangsters! The rest is trickle down economics and by the time it gets to us working grunts, the only oats left to feed on are what's left in the pasture patties.

[grassfarmer]

Charlie, of your 43 seats outside the big two I don't see the WR taking more than they had the last time. Can't see them swinging to the NDP either, I think like last time voters will stick with the devil they know.

Saw some interesting projections on www.threehundredeight.com for all the individual seats where they claim seats like Red Deer North and South both going to NDP as well seats like Peace River and Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater going to the NDP. I'd be surprised but I guess anything is possible.
Their prediction for my constituency was wide of the mark as they never even showed the Independent candidate who is the sitting MLA.

[parsley]

Logged on AV tonite! Am weeks behind on all your posts, but can't resist asking all you Alberta farm boys how the rural areas are voting? Local vibes are.... ? Won't miss this one on TV tomorrow night!

You're Mr. Numbers, yes you are, Mr CharlieP, true, but what does Mr. Gut Feeling tell you? Pars

[parsley]

Well rocky, it's this way: oil is good to, and has been good for, Alberta. I drove through a lot of AB last fall. Super roads. Industry. Thriving towns. Everyone head-down-ass-up-working. New vehicles. ATV's. Super little grocery stores. Busy. Saskatchewanians still drive to AB to buy vehicles b/c of cheaper taxes. Good work ethics. Good people.

Yup. Alberta has one hell of a good thing going for it. Hope you don't soil your bed just because you have a mad-on. Pars

[furrowtickler]

Rock - the NDP is bought and paid for by unions , so what the better of two evils ??? Unions can crush a gov't just as fast if not worse than elite . Your not wrong but call a spade a spade - the unions almost killed GM and Air Farce - canada in 2008

[charliep]

Odds favor a PC majority in magnitude that is quoted in rockpile's post (he indicated PC numbers). Will know 24 hours from now.