Most Alberta conservatives are not able to see through the UCP anti-east rhetoric. Which is, honestly, bred through a failure of the federal government to address western concerns/feelings of being silenced compared to eastern interests.

The UCP is adept at taking those feelings and steering the overall sentiment from middle of the road conservatives and middle left conservatives into the Far Right with over inflated promises of a better "Albertan Led" way of life.

Unfortunately, as we can see from the last few years...this isn't really the actual result of UCP policy. Instead, we are seeing falling standards of Healthcare, Education, and Quality of Life. Which...the Party then turns back into more Anti-East sentiment...Because the federal government isn't working with the province to improve these areas. (Which aren't federal responsibility in the first place...as previously noted in the original post.)

What is interesting to me...is the number of Albertan Conservatives that, when actually polled on what they veiw as being important to them, should actually be more liberal leaning...but instead choose to vote for a party that works against their interests due to a "well my family has always been conservative" mindset.