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The strongest base of support for the Liberty Group comes from rural voters living in the forest and mountain regions of Great Kirav (especially the Western Highlands), as well as in the more remote overseas colonies. According to the political science journal ''Review of Politics'', Liberty Group candidates do best "where people are most independent and self-reliant as a result of geography, and least-likely to benefit from government programs." However, there are nonetheless significant numbers of votes cast for the Liberty Group in lowland agricultural areas, as well as in micropolitan areas. In suburban and exurban settlements, candidates from LG-affiliated parties are often very successful on the local level, campaigning on platforms to lower taxes and abolish intrusive local ordinances. | The strongest base of support for the Liberty Group comes from rural voters living in the forest and mountain regions of Great Kirav (especially the Western Highlands), as well as in the more remote overseas colonies. According to the political science journal ''Review of Politics'', Liberty Group candidates do best "where people are most independent and self-reliant as a result of geography, and least-likely to benefit from government programs." However, there are nonetheless significant numbers of votes cast for the Liberty Group in lowland agricultural areas, as well as in micropolitan areas. In suburban and exurban settlements, candidates from LG-affiliated parties are often very successful on the local level, campaigning on platforms to lower taxes and abolish intrusive local ordinances. | ||
Ethnically-speaking, [[ | Ethnically-speaking, [[Ĥeiran Coscivians]], Celts, Kaskem, Saskem, Dark Coscivians, and (to a lesser extent) Sëorans and North Elutes are the most likely ethnic groups to vote for the party, and Ĥeirans are disproportionately represented among LG politicians. Liberty Group-affiliated parties are also popular among Coscivian groups who migrated to Kiravia fleeing totalitarian régimes in Democratic Bodwara and Brystolville. Kiro-Kyians, who were expelled from Logan & Ky for their support of the Rising Tide libertarian separatist movement in that country, are a small but loyal ethnic constituency for the Liberty Group in [[Cascada]] and [[Lataskia]]. | ||
Liberty Group voters fall heavily on the analogue side of Kiravia's sharp [[Kiravia#Society and Culture#Digital Divide|digital divide]] On average, Liberty Group voters have the lowest rate of internet access and the second-lowest rate of cellular phone ownership of all the Stanora caucus (behind the Agrarians). | Liberty Group voters fall heavily on the analogue side of Kiravia's sharp [[Kiravia#Society and Culture#Digital Divide|digital divide]] On average, Liberty Group voters have the lowest rate of internet access and the second-lowest rate of cellular phone ownership of all the Stanora caucus (behind the Agrarians). | ||