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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Eastern Ontario has no manufacturing base at all unlike SWO which is why the NDP have never gained traction there. Liberal support has basically been an Ottawa-centered affair with the rest of EO being staunchly Conservative both federally and provincially.
Except for Ottawa, SWO seems to be more progressive than EO in most social and economic issues. Outside of Ottawa and Kingston, EO is basically small towns regional centers serving farming communities where as SWO has far more smaller cities that still have a solid manufacturing base and more urban sensibilities.
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The exception being the far eastern reaches of the region which are francophone.
That area has been pretty consistently Liberal with the occasional bump on the road. Social views are also more liberal there too, though for some reason not quite as progressive as across the border in Quebec.