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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Half of Calgarians voted UCP. It’s clearly not the case that half of the people who participate in political threads on CP are UCP supporters. So CP is far from representative of voters in this city. Just like Calgary reddit isn’t representative either. These types of forums attract a small and unusual fraction of the population.
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It follows naturally as a process- you can view Tron's post last page for some of the background.
People who are more interested in social activities are likely to seek out areas of discussion with other likeminded individuals on passions, e.g. Calgary flames fandom. Those same people more interested in social activity are also more likely to also care about bettering society in general and avoiding this tribalistic Us vs Them behaviour that is coming to define modern politics. It would follow then, that as a pre self selected group of individuals more interested in social activities would more likely lean a specific way politically as well.