Unlike white male peers who avoid political topics to protect their brands, creator Ananiya Williams, a Black trans woman, points out this is a privilege. Her identity is politicized, meaning any content she produces is inherently a political statement.

Immigrant communities are often socially conservative and pro-business, values that align with conservative parties. However, Roy Ratneville argues they frequently vote for liberal parties out of fear, fueled by media portrayals of conservatives as anti-immigrant. This perception overrides their natural policy alignment.

In British Columbia, organized Indigenous groups hold significant political sway that extends beyond Indigenous issues. The provincial government consults them as a moral authority on a wide range of topics, effectively granting them powerful influence over policy and personnel decisions.

Galloway reframes masculinity away from aggression toward protection. He argues a man's default instinct, even without fully understanding a group like the trans community, should be to protect them from being demonized. This approach bridges traditional masculine ideals with progressive social values.

Historically, BC's New Democratic Party (NDP) was rooted in blue-collar resource industries. The rise of a post-industrial economy has transformed its base into public sector unions (e.g., teachers) and social justice constituencies, driving its increasingly progressive policy agenda.

BC's political culture is exceptionally progressive, resembling Washington, Oregon, and California more than other Canadian provinces. This unique environment attracts activists and progressives from across the country and the world, creating a feedback loop that intensifies its radical policies.

The BC Conservative Party's rapid rise was followed by an equally rapid collapse. In a bid for mainstream electability, its leadership recruited candidates from a collapsing centre-right party. This created a caucus of "dogs and cats" with fundamentally opposed views on cultural issues, leading to infighting and paralysis.

After being expelled from the BC Conservative Party, politician Dallas Brody co-founded a new party, only to be temporarily thrown out of it as well. She attributes this to a "woke right" faction that, in her view, mirrors the progressive left's tactics of enforcing ideological purity and punishing dissent.

The election of leaders like Japan's female prime minister, who enacts hardline policies, shows that voters are primarily driven by shared values, not identity characteristics. When a leader's ideology matches the electorate's, their gender or race becomes secondary.