Members of the PC and Wildrose party are asked to vote today, to decide whether supporters of both parties agree to merge to form a single united Alberta Conservative party to challenge the NDP in the next election.

This Sunny 94 reporter hit the streets of Lacombe to see what people thought about this historic vote.

I made my way to the most Canadian spot I could find, Tim Hortons, to find out what people thought of the potential merger.

Unfortunately, the majority of the people I spoke with had no idea a vote on the draft unity agreement between the two parties was even occurring, shinning a light on the indifference of some people in Central Alberta regarding politics these days.

The people I did talk to, however, shared a similar sentiment.

“I think it’s important that there become a single individual party, that’s effective in being able to compete, against the current governing body, and maybe prevent losing the next election.”

“I think it’s a great idea, but there’s going to be a lot of kinks to work out and it’s not going to be easy.”

“I believe that we need to get all the voters together now, so we can get the NPD out of our hair”.

“Well they better do it… (laughs) because we’ve had enough of the NDP and it’s time to fight back… I would have to go with Brian (Jean) as the leader…(because of )the courage he showed through the Fort McMurray fire.”

“Both are conservative parties…it’s the best defence against the NDP.”

“Be better than what we got.”

But it wasn’t a complete consensus among the good people of Lacombe. This man didn’t like the idea of the parties merging, regardless of their reasons.

“I think it’s ridiculous…because I’m tired of parties that get voted in as a certain party changing into something different after they become elected. If they decide to merge into that right wing party, I think they are betraying all of us.”

Members of both parties have from now until Saturday to cast their vote, with the results being announced the same day.

A simple majority of PC members are needed to ratify the unity plan, while more than 75 per cent of Wildrose members have to sign off on it.