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Originally Posted by bizaro86
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. |
I knew that NP article was about Claire Rattee before I opened it up. I don't fully agree with her politics, but she's a very impressive MLA and a terrific advocate for her riding.
If the BC Conservatives had more reasonable candidates like her, instead of a bunch of nut jobs, they might have actually won the provincial election here.