While the Red of the Liberals and the Blue of the Conservatives represented themselves on the map of Canada during the federal elections on Monday, the orange of the new democratic party has dissolved.
According to experts, unionized workers played a key role in this blue turn.
In the 2021 elections, Jagmeet Singh’s party went to get 25 seats. On Monday, he managed to harvest only seven.
“What you see is the change of unionized workers who were, in the past, for the NDP or the PLC,” said Terra Givens, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, in an interview with Global News.
“They have been frustrated from the past ten years. They are looking for a candidate who will tell them what they want to hear, and that is what Poilièvre did by speaking of housing and immigration, “he continued.
-According to Darrell Bricker, president of Ipsos Public Affairs, “if you are part of the class of unionized workers, especially if you are a man, you do not feel represented by this version of the new Democratic Party”.
Data provided by Ipsos to Global News reveal that 5% of voters who had voted for the NDP in 2021 pivoted the Conservatives during this election, which represents 151,800 people.
According to Mr. BRICKER, although these 5% may appear harmless, this allows conservatives to ensure competitiveness in the face of the liberals.
Communities dependent on natural resources, such as the constituency of North Island-Powell River and Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, also turned to the conservatives.
“What we have seen are people who have not based on the challenges of the United States, but rather on the question of the cost of living,” said Darrell Bricker.
