Ted Cruz's Birthplace (Alberta Canada) Turns Socialist! (40 year Conservative Dynasty Ends.)
Alberta is the Texas of Canada, and it's been fueled by oil money, and ruled by the Conservative Party for over 40 years. It was basically a one party rule province. In an historic 'tipping point' election, the socialist NDP party has just been elected, and the Conservatives are COMING IN THIRD! (A few months ago, I would have predicted the NDP forming a government in Alberta as being slightly less likely than Bernie Sanders becoming President of the United States. But you'd be surprised how fast hard-core capitalist cowboys turn into democratic socialists when the price of oil drops.)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/alberta-election-2015-the-latest-results-1.3062605
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gotta love it!! 
You are correct about the Bernie Sanders thing. I never thought I'd live to see this day. However, Alberta has been trending leftward for awhile now (starting with Naheed Nenshi's election in Calgary), and the only reason the conservatives won the last election was because most left wingers voted for them to keep the surging Wildrose (who are to the right of the Conservatives) out of power. Wildrose then self-destructed, leaving the left wingers free to vote for who they really wanted to vote for in the first place.
Alberta also has one of the youngest populations amongst the provinces and younger people trend left. The difference is they do turn out to vote here (my daughter has some friends who just turned 18 and they ALL went out and voted NDP).
I'd like to point out Rachel Notley ran an excellent campaign. She was genuine and polished. Her father, Grant Notley, was well respected as an NDP leader until his death in a plane crash back in the 80's. So, she was a familiar face, and her campaign was great. No apologies from her for wanting to raise corporate taxes and speaking out against the keystone pipeline. That's how left leaning politicians need to act. No apologies. Stand up for your beliefs. People can spot a phony a mile away.
There are some lessons in that for other politicians.
Now c'mon my friends to the south - you can do it too! 
