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Eh. Friends from Alberta like to say this. But the reality is that almost every district in both Calgary and Edmonton is held by conservatives and has been for
by light_hue_1 4y ago
Eh. Friends from Alberta like to say this. But the reality is that almost every district in both Calgary and Edmonton is held by conservatives and has been for decades. The picture is far less rosy (Hah!) than you're making it out to be.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoEdmonton ridings are on the whole conservative federally, but definitely not provincially where the Alberta New Democrats absolutely dominate Alberta ridings by a long shot, and even Calgary has started to swing this way. This has frankly to do with the history of the federal Liberal Party in relation to the oil patch etc. more than it has to do with people's ideological positioning. If you poll these voters on issues they tend to be centrist or left wing. Like most Canadians.
- cmrdporcupine 4y agoMeant to write "dominate Edmonton" ridings too late to edit.