state capitals

[Hatman 🍁]

Odd since here in Canada, the Tories (our right wing party) won several provincial capitals (Fredericton, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, and Yellowknife) although only in Edmonton did they get over 50% and also most Canadian cities tend to have fewer suburbs and extend further out.  Even our national capital Ottawa went Conservative, although with 42%.

Canadian city limits often include lots of suburbia. Inner-city areas in Ottawa, Quebec, probably Winnipeg too and large parts of Regina since Sask ridings are rurban gerrymandered sh**ts didn't vote Conservative.

The legal City of Ottawa for example includes Orleans, Kanata, Nepean, and a whole lot of very rural areas. Quebec City also extends, IIRC, into suburbia since the fusions in 2003.

and, afaik, most American major cities don't include suburbia except Jacksonville and a few others. Look at the borders of the legal cities of Chicago, Detroit, NYC, Boston, LA, and so forth.

That is very true.  Also most tend to extend right out to the countryside.  Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal are the exceptions which do tend to focus more on the urban core although both Toronto and Montreal did amalgamate some suburbs, but still have many beyond their limits.  I should add Halifax also extends well out into the country although the Tories did poorly throughout.  In the US I think Jacksonville and Oklahoma City are amongst the few that fit this description and they both backed McCain.  Staten Island is also probably more suburban than urban at least in contrast to the other four boroughs and off course it is far more Republican than the other four boroughs.  And you are right about the rurban ridings although the Tories still won Regina due to the split on the left however it was with 38%, not the 45% they got in the ridings that include Regina.

Damn you Ralph Goodale!