Fine-grained election map
Le Devoir has produced a fine‑grained election map for the recent Quebec election, showing how different riding sections voted. If you’re at all curious, it’s worth clicking to full size and looking around.
Anyone reading this from Anjou? Can you explain how that riding breaks into distinct CAQ and Liberal sections (and ended up flipping CAQ in the end, sadly)?
Why are people in Côte St‑Luc and Hampstead voting Conservative, of all things?
St-Laurent has one little section voting Bloc Montréal!
Patrick 23:37 on 2022-11-10 Permalink
Regarding the people voting Conservative, I also had the same reaction after the election. A little research showed that it was the candidate, former city councilor of Hampstead and disgruntled by the Liberal flip flop on Bill 96, that got the votes: https://globalnews.ca/news/9054060/liberal-bonnie-feigenbaum-joins-quebec-conservatives/
Blork 10:50 on 2022-11-11 Permalink
The phrase “sea of CAQ” comes to mind when I look a that map.
Kate 10:59 on 2022-11-11 Permalink
A reader emailed to point out “The Conservative Party of Canada is a big supporter of Israel and that matters to some people” – and Côte St‑Luc and Hampstead have the largest concentration of Jewish voters in town. But I don’t know whether Eric Duhaime’s gang said anything either way about Israel.
Joey 11:17 on 2022-11-11 Permalink
The Conservatve Party (QC) was pretty also aggressive about posturing in favour of anglo rights. If you’re a well-off anglophone who felt betrayed by the Anglade Liberals, the Conservatives were right there campaigning for your vote. The CAQ and PQ would be perceived as non-starters (Bill 96) and QS would be expected to tax you until kingdom come (and would then try to separate QC from Canada). Throw support for Israel into the mix and it’s a wonder the Conservatives didn’t do better in, say, Hampstead.