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Originally Posted by jg13
but 80% of the people I talk to and are within 5 years of my age (33) are all voting conservative
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This surprised me quite a bit, as the usual idea is that older people are more conservative. But apparently polling bears this out - Liberals are by far the strongest among seniors, while Conservatives are strongedt among 35-49 year olds.
https://www.ekospolitics.com/index.p...d-stable-lead/
The National Post has an interview with a young BC conservative MLA (she owns a tattoo shop in Kitimat, so not the stereotypical conservative style of appearance, but rural business owners probably vote CPC in droves). Interestingly (to me anyway) she's a former drug addict from the lower mainland who went through a treatment program.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...nal-fault-line
The line that jumped out at me was this one: "We can’t afford the things our parents or grandparents could afford, and so we want to see people that are passionate, that are speaking up."
Not hard to see how hopelessness about your future drives an interest in changing policies and/or populism.