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Sort of surprising how conservative BC is by Canadian standards, given its reputation as a liberal haven, Ontario and Quebec seem more left-wing actually. Only Vancouver itself seems to be liberal and even then, not on all issues.
These maps can be very misleading. Looking at huge swatches of colour that represent a majority view doesn't tell the whole story. How many people live in Northern Saskatchewan for example?
The best way is to look at percentages, that way your mind isn't fooled into thinking the majority of a certain province feel that way just because most of it is colour coded one way or another.
Sort of surprising how conservative BC is by Canadian standards, given its reputation as a liberal haven, Ontario and Quebec seem more left-wing actually. Only Vancouver itself seems to be liberal and even then, not on all issues.
These maps can be very misleading. Looking at huge swatches of colour that represent a majority view doesn't tell the whole story. How many people live in Northern Saskatchewan for example?
The best way is to look at percentages, that way your mind isn't fooled into thinking the majority of a certain province feel that way just because most of it is colour coded one way or another.
Still, when you have an entire province or region with no yellow or no black/grey at all, it gives you a pretty good idea of people's leanings (relative to the leanings in other regions anyway).
They don't state the statistical methodology on their website. Where the hell are they getting all this data from? 1.3 Million respondents on the Gay Marriage question. And then a disclaimer - note that this is not a random sample and results must be interpreted with caution ...
Still, when you have an entire province or region with no yellow or no black/grey at all, it gives you a pretty good idea of people's leanings (relative to the leanings in other regions anyway).
To a point. When you look at the " key " of colours it shows a gradual shift form black to yellow. How many people does it take to go from white to light yellow?
It's vague at best and is only good for generalizations.
It's neither here nor there to me, but even though it's not up to me to defend their methodology, the leanings of the various regions seem fairly consistent with any polling done by "serious" outfits on the various issues, as well as voting patterns.
It's neither here nor there to me, but even though it's not up to me to defend their methodology, the leanings of the various regions seem fairly consistent with any polling done by "serious" outfits on the various issues, as well as voting patterns.
To someone who is familiar with the layout of Canada. To an outside observer, it's less clear...until they perhaps down to the smaller maps of cities etc..
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