Next Mayor of Toronto?

[GenerationW]

Ford has set the expectations so impossibly high and made such a long list of promises that he can't possibly keep that people are going to be very angry come 2014. This is setting the stage for a landslide win for a visionary candidate in 4 years.

Four years is an eternity in politics. All things are possible, and 2014 predictions at this point are pointless.

Peepers, do you see conspiracies everywhere? There were a lot of undecideds in those polls. Obviously the majority of that vote went to Ford.

He has a point. No pollster predicted anything close to this.

We had four weeks of no polls, and then a flurry of polls in the last two weeks that were, in some cases, way off. I don't want to call it a conspiracy, but it reeks of a distinct odour.

My prediction of Ford by 5% was certainly way off.

 

[Marcanadian]

Rob Ford's entrance music is "Eye of the Tiger". Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse...

Actually, he entered with "Do ya think I'm sexy" just before "Eye of the Tiger". I'm dead serious.

 

[Eug]

I'm going to go out and get drunk. I don't drink. I'm simply stunned that Torontonians would elect a homophobic, right-wing, bigot.

Well, I didn't vote for him either, but I'm not overly surprised that Torontonians would elect a candidate that ran on the platform of fiscal restraint.

Like I said before, one might even argue that the previous regime is partially responsible for this huge backlash vote.

 

[Irishmonk]

Ford has set the expectations so impossibly high and made such a long list of promises that he can't possibly keep that people are going to be very angry come 2014. This is setting the stage for a landslide win for a visionary candidate in 4 years.

Well, I'm guessing that'll be either Batman or Adam Vaughn.

 

[PinkLucy]

Four years is an eternity in politics. All things are possible, and 2014 predictions at this point are pointless.

He has a point. No pollster predicted anything close to this.

We had four weeks of no polls, and then a flurry of polls in the last two weeks that were, in some cases, way off. I don't want to call it a conspiracy, but it reeks of a distinct odour.

My prediction of Ford by 5% was certainly way off.

Polls when Bob Rae won were off further. They do have a margin of error you know. And that undecided number had an impact.

 

[GraphicMatt]

I was way off in my prediction too. But Ford 47 vs. Smitherman 36 vs Joe 13 isn't too far off from the EKOS poll we all kind of thought was BS.

 

[Eug]

I was predicting something more like:

Smitherman 45%
Ford 43%
Pantalone 6%.

Not even close.

 

[christiesplits]

He already looks out of breath.

 

[adma]

The philistines have won

Of course, folks like Colvis and Mangasparky might think that's better than this

 

[mangasparky]

Latest poll is in!!

Ford - 46%

Smitherman - 31%

Pantelone - 23%

Source - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw

This guys source was pretty spot on..

 

[Irishmonk]

I don't know if Ford's going to even make it through his acceptance speech. Somebody get that man a towel.

 

[christiesplits]

Poor Georgie. Looks like some six digit salary consulting position or board seat awaits you.

 

[urbandreamer]

Honestly, I take all the credit.

Have you voted for a Ford...lately?

Haha, gotta love the comedy.

 

[GenerationW]

I don't know if Ford's going to even make it through his acceptance speech. Somebody get that man a towel.

Who takes over if he croaks?

 

[GenerationW]

Honestly, I take all the credit.

Have you voted for a Ford...lately?

Haha, gotta love the comedy.

Screw you, I said it first that he'd win if that other thread passed 100 pages!