Elise Stolte: UCP's homophobic, racist scandals appear unlikely to shift many votes in rural ridings

Drayton Valley — A sales woman at a Drayton Valley auction says she’ll vote UCP because she always voted conservative. An oil services manager calls the UCP the lesser of two evils. Two women at the bakery lower their voices, glance around and say they actually agree with the comments local candidate Mark Smith made about homosexuality.
Scandal after scandal has plagued the UCP campaign but has it been enough to shake leader Jason Kenney’s base in the rural heartland?
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