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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Sorry, just got busy.
As has been said...you can't take TO from Canada just as you can't take EDM/CAl/Leth from Ab. Kind of a hamfisted way to make a point.
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I guess I'm thick, because I still don't follow. I'm not actually saying take Toronto out of Canada, I just excluded their seat data for the purpose of mathematical analysis.
As for excluding Edmonton, Calgary & Lethbridge from the Alberta data, that doesn't change anything with the Alberta picture, whereas excluding the Toronto data from the national math does. That's where your analogy breaks down for me and I don't follow the logic.
I'm not trying to be argumentive, just trying to understand but not getting your point somehow.
Or are you contending that the Liberals having only one power base, Toronto, still makes them a national party? Maybe that's where I'm misunderstanding you. If that's your contention, sorry, I have to disagree. I don't feel you can draw on one regional base of support and translate that to a claim of national representation. By that standard, the Bloc is a stronger national voice than the NDP, because even though their support is regional, they have more seats than the NDP. As much as I disagree with the NDP, such an assertion would of course be silly.