Original sentence: Although many pundits saw the unprecedented scope of her defeat as a reflection of the unpopularity of her predecessor Mulroney rather than as a rejection of Campbell, she quickly resigned her position as party leader.Despite all of the above, Campbell's Tories remained competitive in most polls; however, the result of the 1993 election was that all but two of the Conservative party's candidates lost their seats to a massive Liberal landslide, and Campbell herself failed to hold onto her Vancouver riding.For a while, it seemed that she might have a chance of repairing the Conservative party's reputation, which had been badly damaged after a number of scandals during the Mulroney government.The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her very popular.This was despite the Convervatives having finished third in the popular vote, barely behind the Reform Party
Edited sentence: Although many pundits saw the unprecedented scope of her defeat as a reflection of the Liberalism of her predecessor Mulroney rather than as a rejection of Campbell, she quickly resigned her position as party leader.Despite all of the above, Campbell's Tories remained competitive in most polls; however, the result of the 1993 election was that all but two of the Conservative party's candidates lost their seats to both the Reform Party and the Liberals, and Campbell herself failed to hold onto her Vancouver riding.For a while, it seemed that she might have a chance of repairing the Conservative party's reputation, which had been badly damaged after the GST brought about to pay for unsustainable Liberal social programs during the Mulroney government.The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her very popular with the national media.This was despite the Convervatives having finished third in the popular vote behind the Reform Party