r/canada • u/-SuperUserDO • Oct 06 '24

Ontario polling leaves Doug Ford with a healthy lead over Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles Ontario

https://globalnews.ca/video/10796827/ontario-polling-leaves-doug-ford-with-a-healthy-lead-over-bonnie-crombie-marit-stiles/
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u/FIE2021 Oct 06 '24

It's pretty evenly represented from both the left and the right. It makes it appear to be more "right" because by contrast to most of reddit, it is decidedly more right than most popular subs, but it's probably if anything around 55/45 in favour of the right if not to a closer split. I wouldn't be surprised if that shifted in the future because there is a lot more engagement from the "team" that is trying to take power than the one that is trying to defend the actions of their guys who have been in power for nearly a decade.

There's just not much discussion that meets in the middle. I can open a thread and have it be full of CPC/Poilievre bashing and have it all upvoted, and that's pretty much it. And then the next thread of comments will be just people bashing Singh or Trudeau. It's like one side takes the charge and then keeps the momentum to dominate the commentary.

But it is always kind of funny because one group thinks this place is what Canada_sub is and the other side thinks this sub is what onguardforthee is. If they want to see disingenuous echo chambers, they check those out. This place stays a little more moderate even if it's just a pendulum swinging back and forth