http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/04/05/hyper-local-the-future-of-politics/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/04/05/hyper-local-the-future-of-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Basil Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:09:05 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=228#comment-79 I imagine a Bloc Montreal would initially just split the federalist voters up... once it became mainstream though, it could potentially have a broader appeal than the Liberals (who get primarily english votes) or the PQ (who get primarily french votes). I see the coming decade moving Quebec away from linguistic partisanship and more towards the city/rural split you often see outside Quebec. I imagine a Bloc Montreal would initially just split the federalist voters up... once it became mainstream though, it could potentially have a broader appeal than the Liberals (who get primarily english votes) or the PQ (who get primarily french votes). I see the coming decade moving Quebec away from linguistic partisanship and more towards the city/rural split you often see outside Quebec.

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