Toronto Municipal Election 2018: Mayor’s Race

[SunriseChampion]

Well you don't exactly fit the normal profile, do you? You'd best re-read what you've written previously.

Here's what happens to many normal people:
Even New Yorkers can't afford a Toronto home - The Globe and Mail

I'm pretty normal. I'm just stuck paying off a massive pile of debt and have it very good in Toronto work-wise, else I'd be gone. Probably join a bunch of my friends in rural British Columbia. I just can't move until I pay my debts off, unless I want to default on them, as I will not find the work I do pretty well anywhere else in Canada in the amounts I do it in. It's a bit of a specialisation.

Unless that's what you meant by that. hahaa

 

[Avenue]

Gee, even in NDP strongholds Chow didn't do very well against Tory,
just shows you which way Keesmatt is headed....I'd say she is toast

I'm not saying Keesmaat is going to win but Chow comparison isn't accurate. in 2014 Tory was presented by the media as a golden opportunity to get rid of Rob Ford, so there was a lot of strategic voting in Tory's favour. There's no anything but Ford thing going at the moment this time around.

Keesmaat's biggest problem is that Tory manages media extremely well, and he hasn't garnered enough strong resentment from the public despite his record. Even so called progressives like Matt Galloway sucks up to Tory in every interview. You can't reverse the wind in just one short campaign period, especially as an inexperienced campaigner.

 

[Videodrome]

Next time you want to put blame on all of Etobicoke for Ford, remember he would have only won 1 Etobicoke ward, compared to all 5 Scarborough wards.

As a Scarborough resident, it is quite shameful.

Faith Goldy supporters crashed yet another debate....

 

[steveintoronto]

https://www.thestar.com/news/toront...at-7-pm-wednesday-toronto-transit-debate.html

The gloves are off...

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Gee, even in NDP strongholds Chow didn't do very well against Tory,
just shows you which way Keesmatt is headed....I'd say she is toast

Not quite.

Keesmaat may might appeal to yuppie and old city of Toronto suburb demographics that Chow could not.

A lot of Tory's support came from the anyone-but-Ford support. That isn't on the table this election.

 

[King of Kensington]

There's no anything but Ford thing going at the moment this time around.

There is a lot of "anyone but Ford" sentiment in Toronto, but he's not on the ballot municipally.

 

[King of Kensington]

My guess is Keesmaat wins 6 or 7 inner wards.

 

[BurlOak]

There is a lot of "anyone but Ford" sentiment in Toronto, but he's not on the ballot municipally.

That's were an experienced politician would try making the ballot question "how much do you hate Ford".
Tory has distanced himself enough from Ford that it would be hard to do.

 

[Avenue]

There is a lot of "anyone but Ford" sentiment in Toronto, but he's not on the ballot municipally.

Again, I think the unpopularity of Ford in Toronto is hugely overstated. He has done nothing so far that would upset his voters in Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York and so on. His approval might have gone up with conservative voters, if anything.

 

[Richard White]

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https://www.thestar.com/news/toront...at-7-pm-wednesday-toronto-transit-debate.html

The gloves are off...

I was going to vote for Jen Keesmaat but the fact she is cancelling the Scarborough Subway extension just cost her a vote. Honestly, I don't care about Smart Track BUT I do care about having reasonable transit in Scarborough.

I may not vote this year.. I hate to say it but I do not like John Tory (despite having a chat with him this morning when he bought his coffee) or Jen Keesmaat. That said I would rather jump off the Scarborough Bluffs naked and on fire than vote for Faith Goldy.

 

[narduch]

I was going to vote for Jen Keesmaat but the fact she is cancelling the Scarborough Subway extension just cost her a vote. Honestly, I don't care about Smart Track BUT I do care about having reasonable transit in Scarborough.

I may not vote this year.. I hate to say it but I do not like John Tory (despite having a chat with him this morning when he bought his coffee) or Jen Keesmaat. That said I would rather jump off the Scarborough Bluffs naked and on fire than vote for Faith Goldy.

She's not cancelling SSE.

She is assuming that the Province will upload the Subways and cover all the costs.

 

[Videodrome]

Matt Elliott‏Verified account@GraphicMatt Sep 26
Some new mayoral race polling data from Mainstreet Research: John Tory up 48-20 over Keesmaat among all voters; 67-28 among decided voters.

https://twitter.com/GraphicMatt/status/1044958561720123392

 

[Thorns_Embrace]

She's not cancelling SSE.

She is assuming that the Province will upload the Subways and cover all the costs.

This is a really dumb assumption though. I mean didn't the province just do the whole "deficit is bigger than expected" charade. Do you think Ford will volunteer to take the costs to please Keesmaat?

The worst part of it is literally her whole transit platform falls apart if this happens. My opinion is she wants to revert to the LRT and blame the province for it.

 

[narduch]

The best part of it though is that she is saying it will now be 3 stops.

I don't think its any dumber then Smart Track though.

 

[toaster29]

Again, I think the unpopularity of Ford in Toronto is hugely overstated. He has done nothing so far that would upset his voters in Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York and so on. His approval might have gone up with conservative voters, if anything.

(Almost) using the notwithstanding clause on a simple election issue, I think is one thing. The intellectual/fiscal conservatives of the Kingsway definitely were not happy with that.