TheTigerMaster
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The Ford wards had the lowest turnout. If they had better turnout, Ford may have been elected.
Some of the talk here... And people wonder why many residents in this city feel alienated and will vote for Fords.
I saw one comment on an article that suggested that Ford polling high in Scarborough was not a surprise since that's where they "stuck all the retard immigrants". Person was a Chow supporter.
I'm not surprised. I've always maintained that at least some element of the disdain for the 'burbs has a racial component.
Hopefully, Tory can work on making the suburbs feel more included.
Not buying the weak mandate at all. Tory's 43% in a three person race is stronger than Rob's 47% considering that Chow was a much stronger candidate than Pantalone, and that Tory had to deal with what was essentially an incumbent in Doug Ford.
Regardless, no one will care about Tory's margin of victory soon enough. It will come down to him being able to find enough support to consistently win votes. He might lose a few, but I can't see him ever going on a Rob Ford-type losing streak.
As for your third point, he has never led a government, so we have no idea what kind of leader he has been historically.
I don't know. I suspect there was a lot of "if I'm not going to vote Ford, I'm not going to vote"The Ford wards had the lowest turnout. If they had better turnout, Ford may have been elected.
True, but sticking with incumbents in Council is a city-wide deal.And don't get TOO high and mighty Central North York - some of y'all re-elected David Shiner
Some of the talk here... And people wonder why many residents in this city feel alienated and will vote for Fords.
I saw one comment on an article that suggested that Ford polling high in Scarborough was not a surprise since that's where they "stuck all the retard immigrants". Person was a Chow supporter.
I'm not surprised. I've always maintained that at least some element of the disdain for the 'burbs has a racial component.
Hopefully, Tory can work on making the suburbs feel more included.
What about it? It's a political party, not a government.What about his leadership of OPC?
Bull ... that's one comment ... look at the folks at the parties for each candidate, last I checked at both Tory's and Chow everyone involved clapped when Ford was mentioned, while the complete opposite took place at Ford's. I don't by your argument one bit; Now the comment on a lack of education => ignorance ... well that's probably the truth ... the fact that Chow would have probably much better served anyone in the lower income bracket ...
Indeed - and is it a racial component, or is it the rest of the city being sick and tired of a bunch that kept voting for the worst of the lot and expect to be taken seriously? A family of candidates with a history of drug use, drug trade, utter contempt of the law and authority, nothing deliverable on the transit file other than platitudes, ditto the job front? I don't give a damn what ethnicity one is, that choice is indefensible.
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What about his leadership of OPC?
Comparing municipal to provincial/federal politics, with well established parties and parliamentary system is tenuous at best. It's a pretty meaningless claim esp. when put into context of a weak mayor system. He simply can't govern by fiat. That said, I think he will be fine.
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