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English local elections expected to boost populist Reform party (www.reuters.com)

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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Canada didn't really reject the right. The Conservatives got 41.3% of the vote, which is at almost historic highs, and without any other context politics watchers would expect that to net them a majority government. However, almost all the other voters coalesced around one other party.