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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (24 children)

I was curious about how this will pan out, and found this:
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/11/05/Has-Alberta-Separatism-Gone-Mainstream-Common-Ground/

About 30 per cent of Albertans support or somewhat support the idea of separation, while most do not. This figure fluctuates but hasn’t changed substantially since 2019.

The conclusion from our research is clear: the typical Albertan doesn’t want to separate but gets why others do. Supporting separatism isn’t mainstream, though being curious about it is. The bridge between those viewpoints is not a long one.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago (11 children)

That is a terrifyingly high number if you ask me.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can get a quarter of the population to vote for basically anything.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know someone who wanted to legally change his name to "Wayne Gretzky" and then run for Premier. He thought most Albertans wouldn't do the work and figure out he wasn't actually Wayne Gretzky, and i think he was right.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

I think that guy you know might also be one of the folks who doesn't do the work to figure stuff out, unfortunately - we don't "vote for Premier", we vote for a local representative and the party that gets the most representatives installs their party leader as Premier. Just like how it's done with the Prime Minister.

Even if we did, his plan has taken a bit of a hit in the past year. A lot of Albertans have soured greatly on Gretzky given his chumminess with Trump, his statues have been repeatedly vandalized recently. "Maple MAGA" is actually not as popular here as seems to be commonly believed.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Thank god that first-past-the-post could give 39% or less full control of the provincial government.

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