If US politicians were Canadian

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CCRAP doesn't exist anymore, although the Conservative party is basically it in all but name only.

I know that already. It just Bachmann and Palin are Canada Alliance style conservatives that would be in the Conservative party.

I doubt politicians like Bachmann or Palin could exist anywhere outside the United States.

There are areas where they could win, for sure... but if they were Tory MPs, Harper would keep them quiet. In fact, there are many MPs with similar values.  Rob Anders comes to mind. Then there's Cheryl Gallant, who is probably a better example.

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Hmm. I would've gathered that the NDP would be quite strong in Minnesota. Certainly not in Montana like Xahar suggested.

The NDP would probably do the best in Vermont, and would have strong parties in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington, Oregon, California.. and maybe Hawaii.

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Hmm. I would've gathered that the NDP would be quite strong in Minnesota.

That map is kind of misleading, just like the Democratic vs. Republican map most of those blue counties aren't very populated. Hennepin would be close between the NDP and Liberals too. But I don't see much reason for those agrian counties to vote NDP, there simply isn't any such NDP-voting area in Canada.

Certainly not in Montana like Xahar suggested.

It makes sense if you take note of who the people who are actually Democrats in Montana are.

Maybe, but I always thought of Montana was like Alberta, politically, but perhaps it's more similar to the B.C. Interior.

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My best guess, if we "equalized" it so roughly a third of Americans would vote for each:

West Virginia voting Liberal? LOLOLOL

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My best guess, if we "equalized" it so roughly a third of Americans would vote for each:

West Virginia voting Liberal? LOLOLOL

Ancestrally Liberal for the same reason as it's ancestrally Democratic IRL.  Remember that I'm approximately doubling the number of left-wingers.

More likely to be ancestrally New Democrat. Well, maybe not. In Cape Breton (a similar coal mining region in Canada), the NDP has done well in the past (and well provicially), but it is held by the Liberals.... however it's not as socially conservative as WV.  I see it being similar to Saskatchewan, in terms of being a very populist region. Liberals are not the party of populists. (at least not anymore)

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I didn't think West Virginia as Liberal is that ridiculous considering that Newfoundland is basically Canada's West Virginia. Of course fishing is not mining and it's a bit of a stretch to assume WV would have the same tradition.

But Idaho as NDP? I can't think of any logical justification for that at all. Especially as Alberta is basically Canada's Idaho + oil industry (seriously, look at a map. The similarities in all states/provinces don't exactly end abruptly at the border.)

Newfoundland is Liberal because they hate Harper and because traditionally, Protestants there have voted Liberal. The more Catholic St. John's area is traditionally Tory, but those voters voted NDP or stayed home in 2011.  Voting patterns by religion in Newfoundland are the exact opposite of the rest of the country, btw.

Also, I don't think Newfoundland is as socially Conservative as West Virginia. Again, I offer the example of Saskatchewan.