Women are far more likely to back NDP than UCP this year, while men are split. Poll numbers show how much leadership matters on this.

It is too easy to exaggerate regional differences and make sweeping narratives about people based solely on where they live, says political scientist Melanee Thomas.

Rural Albertans hold pretty moderate values and beliefs that arent all that different from urban Albertans, says political scientist Melanee Thomas. Yet, the politics of rural Alberta is different than what wed see in the cities.