Article: Alberta, united, can never be divided.(political homogeneity of Alberta)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

In an era when "diversity" is held up as the highest civic virtue, Albertans presumably ought to be embarrassed and ashamed about their performance in the March 12 provincial election. After all, nearly 70% of the voters in every region except Edmonton marked their ballots for the Conservatives, and even in the city formerly known as Redmonton, the Tories got almost half the vote. Overall, the PCs were supported by nearly 62% of the electorate.

For diversity advocates (diversifists?), the only comfort in this is the low turnout, barely 56%. So Premier Ralph Klein got his third mandate from just 625,427 Albertans, less than 35% of the province's 1.8-million ...

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