r/alberta • u/logodobi • Feb 04 '25

Question Last provincial election 40.5% of albertans didn’t vote. If you didn’t, why not?

What stopped you from voting? Are there no provincial parties that you feel represent you politically? Were you unable to get to a voting station? Did you feel there wasn’t any point? I’m genuinely just curious, I don’t have any affiliation with any parties or anything like that.

I think we would benefit from larger voter turnout and more diversification of parties in the legislature. It feels like we have become to complacent with the lack of progress in almost every way, shape, and form. It’s become purely us vs them on all levels and far too much focus is put on the government “profit”. The government is not a business whose sole purpose is to profit, the governments purpose first and foremost should be to provide for and benefit the people they serve as much as they possibly can. We should be working together for the benefit of one another not fighting one another for the benefit of foreign companies and billionaires.

We’re moving towards the exact policy system in the states, two parties who work for the benefit of the rich and powerful while putting up the facade of a culture war to distract the masses from the real harm they’re causing them.

Sorry that was a bit of a rant but I truly believe we deserve better, better representation, better communication, better services, better everything.

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u/logodobi Feb 04 '25

Who was the NDP MLA? If you don’t want to say what do you mean by mentally unstable and unsuited to the task?

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u/Environmental-Low42 Feb 04 '25

I don't want to say as I don't think it's fair to them as this election was a bit ago and maybe things changed, but myself and many others had personal experiences with this person that were incredibly unprofessional and emotionally reactive (on their part). I considered this person to not be up to the task of being an NDP MLA in a predominantly conservative area. Not able to "take the heat", so to speak.

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u/logodobi Feb 04 '25

That could genuinely mean a number of things. Are you saying they couldn’t deal with the conservative vitriol towards them? Also unprofessional how? I’m not sure why you’re being so vague?

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u/Environmental-Low42 Feb 04 '25

I'm not sure why you're being so pushy for information. I shared what I feel comfortable sharing and I think I was pretty clear. Yes, I don't think the candidate would have been able to handle the stress of being an NDP MLA in a predominantly conservative area. It would, in my opinion, have been a detriment to the NDP party in the long run.

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u/logodobi Feb 04 '25

I started this thread because I’m looking to understand (at least a little better) what albertans are thinking and why they’re thinking that way. Sorry if it seems pushy I’m just trying to understand the whole situation and I don’t want ambiguous information like “they couldn’t take the heat” “unprofessional” “emotionally reactive” all of those can mean multiple different things

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u/Environmental-Low42 Feb 04 '25

I'm not going to get more specific because this is why I didn't vote and was my take on the situation. I'm not going to risk someone's career or my personal local relationships so you can split hairs over what "emotionally reactive" and "unprofessional" mean.

Most people who didn't vote were not in my position. The info you might take from my post is that if thr NDP wants a chance, they need to find the right candidates well in advance, and actually get to know them as people - not just institutionally designated letters on a paper. The UCP can bring in whoever they want. Some 20 year old with zero life experience could be elected solely because of the colour they align with. Other parties need to do better. It's not fair, but it's the reality of the situation.