Tens of thousands of Albertans have used the Vote Compass online tool since the 2023 election campaign began, and the opinions they've provided paint a vivid political picture of the province.
At left, a snowshoe racer takes part in the 2023 Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, which ranked as the most conservative riding in Alberta, according to Vote Compass data. At right, people sit on outdoor patios along Edmonton's Jasper Avenue, which runs through the most progressive riding in the province.since the 2023 election campaign began, and the opinions they've provided paint a vivid political picture of the province.
Taken together, all those answers also provide enough data to compare different parts of the province, to see how opinions vary. There is now enough data to compare each of Alberta's 87 electoral ridings.Some of the results probably won't surprise you, such as the fact that people in urban areas tend to hold more progressive/left-wing opinions, while those in rural Alberta tend to have more conservative/right-wing viewpoints.
There are also different ways to look at the Vote Compass data, which can help tease out some of the nuance in people's opinions that inevitably gets lost when you lump so many different opinions together.As Albertans are set to head to the polls on Monday in one of the most closely-contested elections in the province's recent history, the details in the data may be illuminating for those trying to predict the outcome — or understand it, in retrospect.
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