ehlow
Senior Member
Thanks to urban gentrification and the condo boom, it's not just ex-suburban young adults who are supporting Tory; it is a pretty widespread shift away from NDP/Chow/traditional left-wing "progressive" politics that you also saw in the last provincial election, benefiting the Liberals in that case. As we all know, downtown is booming and those who have private sector (non-unionized) jobs and own property don't find much in Chow's platform that resonates with them.
Anecdotally, this seems right. I'd think the condo boom downtown has brought in people who are probably not as left-leaning as Chow/NDP, which likely benefits Liberals & Tory.
I would think a lot of the new downtown condo residents are young single professionals making a pretty good salary, maybe Bay St, Lawyers, working in tech etc.
Where can one find data on who's winning in a given part of a city (maybe ideally in map format)? It would be really interesting. I have my suspicions on what areas are leaning towards which candidate but they aren't backed up by any data.