Ontario 2011 (6th October)

[Linus Van Pelt]

Which white area would you expect Greens based on my analysis where you find none?

The Green party's Ontario base, such as it is, is concentrated in the third of these areas - though particularly in the transition zone between it and the southwest, where you get that Vermont-like small-farms-in-the-wooded-hills look that's so appealing to a certain demographic.

2011 Ontario Provincial Election Maps - Greens Vote

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

After examining these areas on Google Maps, it would appear that the number of trees in any given riding can be directly correlated to the number of Green voters. Where there are more farms, fewer people vote Green

Put another way
I was right when I implied Farmers do not vote Green. I was mistaken however in presuming everyone in a rural riding is a farmer.

[Holmes]

Northern Ontario has a ton of trees, and hardly any Green support. I don't think that's a valid assumption.

[lilTommy]

Northern Ontario has a ton of trees, and hardly any Green support. I don't think that's a valid assumption.

Northern Ontario is another beast all together, and i think we mentioned that... and you can see that the Greens die bascially north of Nipissing and Parry Sound-Muskoka. The Cottages end and the small resources towns replace the baby-boomer cottage country. I think that might play too into the Greens strength in Parry Sound-Muskoka... many small c conservatives who don't care for the PC rebranded tea party north who might not vote NDP or LIberal might vote Green as they are fiscally more conservative. Same for the Simcoe ridings.
The North is more resources based around forestry and minning... if there are any enviro's up there i think they vote NDP or Liberal, which is an odd mix since the NDP has been a traditional base for the forestry and environmentalism... which i don't think their mutually exclusive either.
Greens also tend to die off in old industrial areas; look at SW ontario or the Hamilton-Niagara area... areas where the NDP is stronger.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I don't consider the small smattering of ridings in Northern Ontario to be part of Ontario when discussing Ontario voting patterns.

[adma]

When it comes to making sense of these Ontario Green voting patterns, it's useful to keep in mind the "Tories with composters" label that's been attached to them...

[You kip if you want to...]

When it comes to making sense of these Ontario Green voting patterns, it's useful to keep in mind the "Tories with composters" label that's been attached to them...

Aren't Canadian Greens, in general, more right-wing than their international cousins anyway?

[Hash]

When it comes to making sense of these Ontario Green voting patterns, it's useful to keep in mind the "Tories with composters" label that's been attached to them...

Aren't Canadian Greens, in general, more right-wing than their international cousins anyway?

Yeah, pretty much. They're like the Czech Greens or Swiss Green Liberals.

[adma]

Bad news, people--the colour-coded poll-by-poll maps on the Global TV site have been 404'd for the past couple of days http://globalnews.ca/pages/topicNew.aspx?id=6442556629

[Hatman 🍁]

Bad news, people--the colour-coded poll-by-poll maps on the Global TV site have been 404'd for the past couple of days http://globalnews.ca/pages/topicNew.aspx?id=6442556629

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[adma]

And unfortunately, the structure of the Global site is such that I haven't figured out how, exactly, to inquire about what's going on (I tried, reflexively, through a programming-feedback page; no word yet)