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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The CPC made inroads in working-class immigrant communities. Look at Brampton, where the CPC won a seat and were close in the other five (the Liberals won by margins of 1-4 per cent) . Or Calgary, where they flipped McKnight. When the threat of Trump has faded (the polls were already closing once he stopped yapping about Canada for a few weeks), the electorate will turn to the economic environment again, which probably isn’t going to be great for at least the next 18 months.
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It's kind of interesting looking at the map for B.C. You'd think if affordability was a huge driver that Vancouver and the Island would have voted overwhelmingly blue. They definitely picked up plenty of seats in those areas, but that was largely due to vote-splitting.
The areas that went heavily Conservative were the more affordable areas of the province. I wonder if we're experiencing a similar problem as the U.S., where certain regions internalize issues that don't really affect them at the same level as the regions who don't seem to be voting based off of those issues.
I guess a simpler explanation would be that there are more well-educated people in areas with affordability issues who are maybe better equipped to understand that the issue goes beyond party lines.