Sure, in contemporary politics, Alberta is a far bigger menace than the Atlantic provinces, which in places like Cape Breton & Newfoundland, vote for the NDP. Nevertheless, there is a tradition in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick that likes things British and respects authority (have you ever been stuck for miles behind a Nova Scotian car doing exactly 30 mph in a 30 mph zone?). It is this strain of the Atlantic Canadian sensibility that boosted Bush's numbers to the highest in Canada.
Joel Blau Original Message: ----------------- From: Kenneth Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:58:54 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Canadian polls on U.S. election Joel writes: >This past summer, Kerry beat Bush in a national Canadian poll, >60-22. Bush's highest share was in that old Tory redoubt of >Atlantic Canada, where his share rose to 37%. More of concern is not the traditional Tory redoubt in the Atlantic provs but Alberta's old Social Credit base and fundamentalist Methodists now imbued with money from its oil reserves. They will ally with neo-Cons from the U.S. Ken. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
