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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
So, is the problem that the people with Conservative Party memberships are all social conservatives, and it is unrealistically skewing the demographic into being way more powerful than it should be.
I'm in a pretty conservative part of Alberta, and the people who are socially conservative kind of stick out as being unusual. They are a minority among conservatives.
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Generally I think the people who are hard-core followers of a particular ideology are the most likely to get actively engaged in politics and buy party memberships, so yes I think that is why the social conservatives hold disproportionate sway in Conservative Party leadership races.