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Originally Posted by Docere
NDP may indded be surging into the lead but this Forum looks like a junk poll (NDP getting 57% in SW Ontario????) Still it looks like the NDP is eating up the Liberal vote.
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The 57% NDP support in SW Ontario actually doesn`t surprise at all. Despite Torontonian`s views that SWO is conservative/red neck farming country, that is not based in fact. As a ex-Londoner I can attest that despite London`s conservative reputation, it has NEVER been a conservative stronghold.
Londoners politically have always been centre left and the Tories have never gotten a foothold in the city both provincially and federally. Of course Greater Windsor has always been a bastion of NDP while KWC seems to be a bit more centrist than London or Windsor. The difference this time is that the centrist and centre/right voters are heading straight to the NDP and hence Liberal support is being decimated and the Tories are losing support as well 100% due to Ford being leader.
Remember as well that many of the region`s secondary cities have always had a strong NDP base. Guelph has always been socially liberal and Sarnia and Brantford are key industrial cities. Even the smaller centres have had traditional strong NDP support. Chatham and Woodstock are industrial towns, Stratford has it`s artistic progressive bent, and St.Thomas has always been industrial and is becoming home to more liberal London commuters.