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Canada has about 15% immigrant population. The main parties all field 13–16% ethnic candidates. Just look at this freaking graph: in the 2011 election, *immigr
by moistly 4y ago
Canada has about 15% immigrant population. The main parties all field 13–16% ethnic candidates.
Just look at this freaking graph: in the 2011 election, *immigrants born Middle Eastern, African, East Asian, American, and European all voted for the CPC more than the Liberals.*
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Doug Ford, Conservative, won the provincial election the other week because of the ethnic vote.
The Canadian Liberals got smoked in 2008 and 2011 because immigrants voted Conservative.
The only reason Conservatives lost the immigrant vote this past few cycles is because shot their own damn feet off with their "barbaric cultural practices hotline" stupidity.
Canadian voters are, by and large, not loyal to any party.
When the Liberals cock things up too much, Liberal voters vote Conservative, even though they still identify as liberal.
And when the Conservative Party fields an absolute loser of a leader, Conservative voters vote Liberal, even though they still identify as conservative.
The "Replacement Theory" is, as I said, racist and fucking stupid.