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« on: July 28, 2020, 10:24:45 PM »

Here are the means from a recent survey we did by region (respondents were asked to rank how liberal or conservative they were one a scale from 1 to 7)

BC: 3.57   
AB: 4.41   
SK: 4.28   
MB: 3.82   
ON: 3.55   
QC: 3.52   
Atl: 3.52

Now, this is really only a determiner of how conservative each province is. It's clear from the partisan means that Liberals were selecting lower numbers than New Democrats. If it were a survey where I wrote the questions, I would have used the term 'progressive' rather than liberal.

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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2020, 09:34:55 AM »

Here are the means from a recent survey we did by region (respondents were asked to rank how liberal or conservative they were one a scale from 1 to 7)

BC: 3.57   
AB: 4.41   
SK: 4.28   
MB: 3.82   
ON: 3.55   
QC: 3.52   
Atl: 3.52

Now, this is really only a determiner of how conservative each province is. It's clear from the partisan means that Liberals were selecting lower numbers than New Democrats. If it were a survey where I wrote the questions, I would have used the term 'progressive' rather than liberal.



From the same survey, we did an openness index (my boss has a huge interest in this measurement), which basically measures authoritarian tendencies. The lower the number, the more authoritarian the respondent. Here are the provincial means:

BC 5.90
AB 5.39
SK 4.59
MB 5.26
ON 5.83
QC 5.63
Atl 6.09

Atlantic Canada lives up to its reputation as being a very friendly place. No surprise, Quebec doesn't fair well there.
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2020, 10:43:08 PM »

Here are the means from a recent survey we did by region (respondents were asked to rank how liberal or conservative they were one a scale from 1 to 7)

BC: 3.57   
AB: 4.41   
SK: 4.28   
MB: 3.82   
ON: 3.55   
QC: 3.52   
Atl: 3.52

Now, this is really only a determiner of how conservative each province is. It's clear from the partisan means that Liberals were selecting lower numbers than New Democrats. If it were a survey where I wrote the questions, I would have used the term 'progressive' rather than liberal.



From the same survey, we did an openness index (my boss has a huge interest in this measurement), which basically measures authoritarian tendencies. The lower the number, the more authoritarian the respondent. Here are the provincial means:

BC 5.90
AB 5.39
SK 4.59
MB 5.26
ON 5.83
QC 5.63
Atl 6.09

Atlantic Canada lives up to its reputation as being a very friendly place. No surprise, Quebec doesn't fair well there.


Were the sample sizes large enough to see a division in provinces between supporters of one party and supporters of another? I know that in the US this can make a difference, with e. g. Oregon coming out fairly centrist overall, but with its Democrats tending to be very liberal and its Republicans to be very conservative, and I could see something similar occurring with BC.

Yes, BC is very polarized. The Liberals and NDP have been within 5 points of each other in every provincial election since 2005.
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