The United Conservative Party (UCP) has reclaimed its position as the top money-making party in Alberta, surpassing the NDP. After two consecutive years of fundraising success, the UCP now has $1 million in the bank, while the NDP has accumulated $624,000 in debt.
Alberta NDP had became the superior money-making party while Jason Kenney was premier. That's over now.Premier Danielle Smith has brought her United Conservatives back as the dominant fundraising party in Alberta . For a lengthy stretch before the last Alberta election, Rachel Notley's NDP bested the United Conservative Party in political fundraising — a dramatic reversal of assumptions about which party was the big-money powerhouse.
The reasons for that are twofold. First, candidates in the NDP leadership race will likely hoover up much of the progressive donor dollars on offer in Alberta. The $5,000 donation limit this year means that if someone gives the max to, say, Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, they cannot give a cent to the party as well.
But now, Smith has brought home disaffected conservatives — based on the party's rebound in the polls and its election results — and reversed the party's financial fortunes.The total United Conservative haul last year will be bigger still, as Elections Alberta has not yet published financial returns from UCP riding associations. The New Democrats, meanwhile, only raise money at the central party level.
Over 1350+ Calgarians joined me tonight to show their support for our United Conservative Party!I am absolutely blown away by your support. Together we will continue advocating for the values we hold dear and standing up for the home that has given us so much. Friends, let’s… pic.twitter.com/F6HO2Su1iVAnother telling sign of comparative party support is a line item in the Elections Alberta report. The UCP reported $306,056 in membership fees; the NDP took in only $41,323.
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