The online survey of 241 business leaders favoured Romney, with 42 per cent of support, over Obama, with 34 per cent. The support for Romney was higher in Calgary (45 per cent) than in Edmonton (40 per cent).
This isn't news it's opinion shaping. The poll was conducted exclusively for the Calgary Herald, and no doubt they pushed the answer with leading questions. I'm surprised it's not a bit higher in Calgary considering the large number of Americans living here, many of them working in resource or finance head offices. No doubt the poll's purchaser is concerned that the general population is not tracking as high for Romney as the CEOs.
It's no secret that the Alberta Government and the Canadian Government have a strong preference for a Republican Congress and President.
I wonder if these people have any awareness at all of how backwards Romney's social views are, and how severely extremist the Republican Party has become on religion, hyper-nationalism, and anti-women policies.
It's hard to understand why someone wants to be a business partner with people who want to ban birth control, deport Muslims, and who think rape isn't necessarily rape. Don't social issues matter in business?
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