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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I thought Edmonton had a reputation for being more progressive than Calgary. That seems to be borne out by the figures here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ridings-ranked-most-conservative-most-progressive-1.6852299

[–] brenticus 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've lived in Alberta my whole life, have lived and have had family and friends in both cities. Edmonton is absolutely more progressive.

That said, if you remove the party names and people vote based on policy (i.e. how our municipal elections work) both cities lean fairly progressive. It's when oil gets involved at higher levels of government that Calgary tends to vote conservative, and that sometimes bleeds into other attitudes as party politics tends to do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This was also what I heard when I visited a friend in Edmonton a while back.