Fri 19 Sep 2008
[IB: This article discusses the erosion of “block voting†among immigrants, who historically favored the Liberal Party, the centrist party that long formed the government in Canada. As immigrants and minority allegiances to the Liberals fade a bit, both the right-of-center Conservative party and the left-of-center New Democratic Party hope to pick up votes of new Canadians and Canadian-born minority voters.]
Immigrants’ loyalty to Liberals waning
Tories, NDP make gains with voters who have historically supported Grits
Marina Jimenez, The Globe & Mail
Immigrants, once a bedrock of support for the Liberals, no longer automatically vote for the party, loosening an allegiance that dates back to the Trudeau era.
Fifty-eight per cent of visible-minority newcomers supported the Liberals in the 2006 federal election, down from 71 per cent in 2000, according to an analysis of the Canadian Election Study, a survey of voting behaviour undertaken by academics.