The Fort MacMurray NDP candidates are confident in their latest campaign, and they believe that their party is strong enough to attract a strong group of followers who will give the PC and Wildrose parties a reason to worry. The area of Wood Buffalo generally leans to the right and has conservative views but this has been changing over the last few years. Many voters in Fort MacMurray have become jaded with politics as usual, and with the PCs in particuliar, and are hoping for a change in the next election. Many voters are also hesitant to support Wildrose policies and campaign promises, and these voters may choose the NDP candidates instead the next time around. Many residents in the Wood Buffalo region are unhappy with the current status quo and they want to see changes and hope to shake things up some.

According to the Fort MacMurray NDP candidates for the next election the current government is not doing enough for Fort MacMurray and the surrounding region. 31 year old teacher Ariana Mancini explained “We are going to hold the government accountable and provide an alternative to a PC-run province. There’s no distinction between the PCs and the Wildrose Party. We have this provincial government depicting our financial situation as nothing short of catastrophic, yet it is the same people and same political party that have been in charge for decades touting themselves as being financially responsible. Calling an election now provides an immediate recourse for people in Fort McMurray to show their displeasure with the budget and with the policies of the Wildrose by voting NDP.”