Bell: In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith kicks Nenshi NDP butt
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CBC News has a poll by the noted pollster Janet Brown and it hits the street with a bang.
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Well, they will be in full-blown denial or they will believe many Albertans are just too stupid to understand what's good for them.
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Back in the real world, if there was an election now, Smith and the UCP would win the support of most Albertans.
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Projected seats in the Alberta legislature?
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Smith's UCP 61 seats. Naheed Nenshi's NDP 26 seats.
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Take note. Brown, the pollster, is known for being real solid on these kind of projections.
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Now the NDP and UCP are virtually neck and neck in the provincial capital. Oh my.
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In Calgary, the NDP are also down and some NDP seats in Calgary would almost certainly fall to Smith and the UCP.
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Younger voters and not so young voters are more UCP than NDP.
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Many Albertans also appear to like Smith standing up for Alberta and taking the fight to Ottawa over Liberal anti-oil policies.
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It is Nenshi who slams Smith saying the premier likes to pick fights.
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Looks like this fight with Ottawa is considered a righteous one.
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Aside from this latest nosecount, this scribbler also notices some of the people who weren't sure about Smith a couple years back, after hearing from the opposition about how dangerous she would be in power, are now more comfortable with the premier.
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The sky has not fallen.
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They were warned turning the NDP into the Nenshi Democratic Party might not work.
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