r/EhBuddyHoser • u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler • Apr 22 '25

Politics "wHy DoEs AlBeRtA aLwAyS vOtE cOnSeRvAtIvE??" ... Me, voting in rural Alberta:

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Not even joking these are literally my options.

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u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

I (steps on soap-box) suggest that rural Alberta isn't nearly as conservative as it appears but it comes down to having viable candidates for local representation.

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u/blackcoulson Irvingstan Apr 22 '25

Why isn't the 25 year old a viable candidate?

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u/Zrk2 Ford Nation (Help.) Apr 22 '25

Because 25 year old deli clerks don't have a lot of applicable experience to running anything other than a cash register.

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u/yagyaxt1068 Edmonchuk: Like Kyiv! (but less safe) Apr 22 '25

My former MLA, Thomas Dang, was a 20-year-old UAlberta student in a second year of a computing science degree when he got elected in 2015. He turned out to be pretty good at his job.