Canada’s recent federal election suggests a growing gender divide in political preferences.
Polling indicated women voters leaned strongly toward the Liberals, while an increasing number of men — particularly younger men — gravitated toward the Conservatives.
This polarization was not simply a matter of partisan preference but reflected deeper social, cultural and economic realignments rooted in identity politics and diverging values.
The gender gap also mirrors patterns across western democracies, where far-right populist parties increasingly draw male support through nationalist, anti-immigration and anti-feminist narratives, while women — especially racialized and university-educated — opt for progressive parties promoting equality and social protection.
Isn’t it just a tad disingenuous to say that anybody outside of Nepean voted for Carney at all?
What you say is absolutely accurate, Carney’s name never showed up on any ballot outside of his pwn riding. But they DID vote for representatives who agreed to generally abide by the Liberal platform. So indeed the heading should be ‘Liberal’ not ‘Carney’.
But then again, a lot of Canadians actually voted AGAINST PP to prevent him from becoming PM. Even turfed him out of his own riding. Now THAT is personal.
Carney is the face of the Liberals and people voted liberal because of him.
It’s as disingenuous to make your comment as it is to write the head line. Both are true.
I voted against little peter rabbithair, and I didn’t vote for Carney.
And were you in the Carleton riding?
Yes. I have nothing to back it up but a gut feeling, but it strikes me as something heavily influenced by media south of the border would say. You know, someone who operates under the impression Canada has a two-party system following something other than the Westminster Parliamentary system.
Not what I’d expect from The Tyee.
Yes, but you have to account for the general ignorance Canadians have about our electoral system.
You may want to make that sentence personal to yourself instead of pointing at others.
You posted an article with a misleading headline suggesting that the Prime Minister is elected by Canadians at large — something objectively false, and you’re suggesting that I’m the ignorant one.
Right. Every time Poilievre or Smith screamed “Trudeau bad!” It was clearly meant towards Trudeau alone and didn’t refer to the Liberal Party as a whole. This headline is only misleading to pedants, the rest of us understand fully and I think you do too.
Canadians understand we vote for MPs and the PM is the leader of the party.
Americans make the mistake of thinking otherwise.
Does that mean you’re American then?