Residents of Alberta seem to be the most open to the concept of Canada joining the US as a new state, an idea US President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated over the past couple of months.
A new poll conducted by Research Co. on tariffs in Canada asked whether respondents were on board with the notion of initiating a formal process for Canada to become an American state, and Alberta led the pack in being the most responsive to it.
Alberta leads Canada in support of joining the United States, with 12% of respondents saying they would “definitely consider it,” followed by 7% saying they would “probably consider it.”
I have spent around half my life in Alberta (not there anymore). The majority of rural and poorly educated Albertans seem to mainly care about 2 things: oil and beef. It’s honestly crazy how many farmers are pumping oil from their land, even within 30 minutes of major cities. And there are some extremely large scale oil operations in northern AB (Fort McMurray is kind of the main city for that).
Also, Alberta has always been super conservative (see the above paragraph on oil - no one wants to save the planet when they’re getting rich). Makes sense that the more right leaning portion of them would like Trump, they are all fat racist white guys too.