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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015

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      1. I'm grateful for this tweet because it confirms something I've noticed as well, although my evidence is anecdotal https://twitter.com/InklessPW/status/657938363949953025 …

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      5 replies 37 retweets 54 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      2. One of Stephen Harper's genuine achievements had been that he created a Conservative party open to non-whites. Then he destroyed that.

      4 replies 60 retweets 47 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      3. Unlike GOP in USA, Canadian conservatives were competitive with non-white immigrant voters, often social & fiscal conservatives

      3 replies 18 retweets 17 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      4. Anecdotally, I've noticed that many South Asians who had been receptive to Harper in 2011 really turned off by his xenophobic.

      3 replies 19 retweets 27 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      5. Key point is that South Asian voters turned off weren't just Muslim Canadians but also, in my experience, Sikhs, Hindus & Christian

      5 replies 25 retweets 26 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      6. I'm going to sound like Tom Friedman here but I have a story about a cab driver. In my defence, he's a relative.

      2 replies 12 retweets 47 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      7. Anyways, this cab driver is a Sikh, wears a turban. Said about the niqab stuff: "if they go after niqabs now, why not turbans tomorrow?"

      12 replies 42 retweets 65 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      8. I think that's a common attitude, mixture of self-interest with universalism. If you open flood gates of xenophobia, where does it stop?

      13 replies 19 retweets 58 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      9. Anyways, I think 2015 election might be a pivot point for Canadians conservatives, as 1964 was for GOP in losing black voters.

      3 replies 6 retweets 13 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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      10. The desperate Ford family event Harper did on eve of election attempt to re-capture those non-white voters. It failed.

      4 replies 4 retweets 8 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015

      11. I noticed at Ford/Harper event crowd was very white for north Etobicoke (90% white). Much whiter than other Rob Ford events in area.

      7:41 PM - 24 Oct 2015
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        2. Reema Faris‏ @rmfaris 24 Oct 2015
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          Watching VICE video of PM's tour, couldn't believe audiences for his staged events were so small, so white, & so old. @HeerJeet #cdnpoli

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        3. Michael Watkins‏ @mikewatkinsyvr 24 Oct 2015
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          @rmfaris @HeerJeet It's good to know that Harper's base is so limited. :-)

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. tom hebert‏ @tominwindsor 24 Oct 2015
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          @HeerJeet I agree with your analysis about the xenophobia. If you are not old stock white the Harper approach was a threat.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Oct 2015
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          Jeet Heer Retweeted Anna Mehler Paperny

          12. In the Canadian ridings with the most immigrants, the Conservatives just collapsed:https://twitter.com/amp6/status/658104886085730304 …

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          Anna Mehler PapernyVerified account @amp6
          @InklessPW yup: http://globalnews.ca/news/2291301/immigrants-voted-liberal-by-a-landslide-and-other-things-we-learned-from-the-federal-election-results/?hootPostID=5ca85056b7652202543cb8d49fc55dcc … pic.twitter.com/NmLA3dm3Vx
          8 replies 18 retweets 12 likes
        3. Chris M‏ @SFFFan42 24 Oct 2015
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          @HeerJeet I hope the mofos double down in future elections.

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