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« on: November 25, 2020, 12:49:37 PM » |
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To what extent is this an American phenomenon? I.e., is there any similar tendency for ski resort areas to vote more to the left (or for social liberalism or perhaps Greens) than their surroundings in other countries which have them?
From what I can see, the Bavarian Alps, for example, don't look obviously politically different from the rest of non-Munich Bavaria; does anything show up if you look at the fine detail around Garmisch-Partenkirchen, say? In Switzerland, the Bernese Oberland shows pretty high SVP votes in most municipalities, which doesn't suggest much of an effect there, though perhaps I'm missing something.
We don't really have ski resorts in the UK, pace Aviemore, and the way our results are declared means we often don't have the fine detail anyway. You might look at areas where outdoor recreation more generally is important (e.g. climbing, hiking): in and around the Lake District, the Lib Dems of course are strong in Westmorland & Lonsdale (but how much of that is to do with a personal vote for Farron and an effective local party?) and Labour seem to do quite well in Keswick in local elections by the standards of towns of its size, so perhaps there is something?
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