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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
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In the 2021 municipal election for westlock 1221 people voted out of an eligible 4265. In other words 28.6% of people cared enough to cast a vote.
of those how many would need to be in support of this bylaw? 800? So 18% of the town? about the same as the national rate that Cliff fletcher provided evidence for.
This is no way suggests that this isn't awful and regressive, but it is a minority of people who are typically 1. evangelical 2. over the age of 60 3. socially conservative country ( see 1).
Honestly, I think we only see this number shrink, Canada, Canadians, Alberta and Albertans overwhelmingly support LGBTQ2+ rights. That said there is an unfortunate and very vocal group of hateful people that make up 20% of the population.