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Because they've managed to improve the healthcare in the province after the disastrous mess the other party left it in, and they've just started to work on fixing the damage that same government did to the education system. They aren't perfect, but they are at least trying to fix the damage that the previous government did. They're also willing to stand up for albertan interests, in the province, at the federal level, and even internationally. Something the other party fought (and continues to fight) hard against.
It doesn't help any that the other party is led by the person universally known as the 2nd most disastrous mayor Calgary has ever had, only beaten by his successor for that title.
But you aren't actually asking a sincere question, and don't want a sincere answer. You want to push your political ideology on everyone else, even when you are in the extreme minority, and when your political ideology has had measurable negative consequences when it was tried.
I actually asked an AI to summarize the situation in neutral terms, and this is what it gave me:
“Both parties in Alberta have left people frustrated for different reasons. The current government has supporters who believe they are repairing damage and standing up for provincial interests, while critics argue they’ve created new problems. The opposition also has supporters who think they would bring stability, and critics who blame them for past decisions. Voters are divided, and each side sees the other through the lens of past grievances.”
Just sharing that because I’m trying to get multiple angles, not push a position.
What the Fuck does both parties even mean? We don't have both parties we have the conservatives who have run the province forever except for a one stint when the NDP won. But yes the NDP in their four year stint did all the damage not the 50 plus years of the right.
Maybe use your brain instead of AI slop.
That response provided zero historical context. Balance isn't what the question was asking for. The question was roughly, 'why do Albertans keep voting against their own best interests' and a number of really good and thoughtful answers were given and when you boil them down to the truth of those answers, saying simply that "both sides see the other through the lens of past grievances" really does absolve one side of this (that bears virtually all of the responsibility for these issues) of their sins.
I asked an AI to read your reply.
Your original question was not in any way just trying to get multiple angles. It was worded specifically with an ideological slant. The AI you have chosen is also not in any way unbiased. Because it is implying that the two sides are equal, when any poll will show you that it is not in any way. But beyond that, the actual damage done by the previous party is measurable. In numbers of jobs lost, in the ratio between bureaucrats and frontline practitioners in healthcare, and in test scores in school. This isn't a subjective thing that you are trying to make it out to be. The previous government did actual tangible damage to the province, And the current government has made actual tangible progress towards fixing it. I would be quick to argue that the current government has not gone nearly far enough. And one of my biggest complaints with the current government is how they are financial liberals, not financial conservatives, and their solution to most problems has been to throw more money at it. Something that is not in any way sustainable long-term. But at least they have been targeting that money to places where it will do good, as opposed to the previous government that spent even more money, but exclusively on administrators and managers and other bureaucrats, with not a penny getting to the front lines.