In the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while most people, again generally speaking, who hold conservative positions will vote Republican.

The DRC entered a short-lived coalition agreement with the Tories which was seen as an attempt by PC leader Joe Clark to reunite the Canadian right on his terms. He was easily re-elected to Parliament in both the 2004 2006 and 2008 elections. He acknowledged having gay staffers working on his campaign: "First of all as far as my campaign I don't ask people if they're homosexual lesbian or heterosexual.

Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of the Treasury Board. Stockwell Burt Day Jr.