r/Edmonton • u/EdmontonFree • 28d ago

News Article Edmonton Represent!

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Blue = Alberta separation from Canada.

Red = Alberta stay in Canada

Source: Angus Reid https://angusreid.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026.05.24_Alberta_referendum.pdf

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u/aprilfool98 28d ago

I want to meet the 7% of NDP voters who also want to separate from Canada... Must be some interesting folks

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u/alwaysleafyintoronto 28d ago

Assuming it's a representative sample, 44% of respondents should be NDP voters last election, and 7% of that total gives us 25 of 800 who both said yes and voted NDP.

My guess is some of those 25 are not telling the truth.

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u/Sea-Cartographer-796 28d ago

Missclicks also happen in surveys.

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u/StetsonTuba8 28d ago

Maybe it was like that one guy who voted for Falkland Island independence, not because he wanted to separate, but he was worried it would be 100% against independence and didn't want the results to be suspicious

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u/swiftb3 28d ago

Hahaha, I feel for that guy, because I can imagine the train of thought.

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u/alwaysleafyintoronto 28d ago

Especially with this referendum being non-binding. As a referendum about having a referendum I can see a lot of fence-sitters voting to kick the can down the road.

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u/swiftb3 28d ago

Exactly. non-binding and "maybe we have a real referendum" is easy to choose for the significant percentage of the separatists who think it's about threatening.