I can promise you that social issues like racism weren't even in the thought process for most people voting conservative. In fact, the northeast of Calgary is largely East Indian/middle eastern origin and they voted conservative too. Your views are simplified to the point of caricature. But hey, we are all a bunch of hillbillies and hicks here in Calgary. Enjoy feeling superior.
Welcome to Era, where eastern Canada regularly shits on Alberta despite having no idea what is going on in the province.
Yes there are conservatives, but there are thousands of Albertans that are extremely frustrated with politics. We went with an NDP provincial government that didn't work out, so it's back to conservative nonsense. Now federally the NDP is a mess so that just adds to the frustration and thousands of Albertans feeling there is no party that fairly represents them.
You need to understand that the Liberals are not an option. They don't give a shit about western Canada. Never have, never will. So it's not that Alberta is full of conservatives nutters, it's because they win out because there is poor left leaning options in Alberta. We were hoping that the NDP would catch on more in the east, but that didn't happen. So it's back to feeling that there is nobody to represent us. It's super frustrating.
A lot of Albertans will vote NDP again in hopes to beat Conservatives because there is zero chance for Liberal seats. Zero chance. It feels so futile because it's going to end up with a Conservative sweep. It's extremely frustrating that there is no party that left leaning and moderate Albertans can count on, so the conservative douchebags win again.
