Basically, she is a poor campaigner who thought she would win because her name is Olivia Chow.

Ah. My apologizes for misunderstanding.

It's not unfortunate that John Tory is tied to candidates like Brad Bradford and Ana Bailao. He worked closely with both on council. All three are more middle of the road type of politicians. I could say that if Olivia Chow wins, it will be unfortunate that she will work closely with Josh...

I'm sure her team is trying to get John Tory to endorse her. That would be a smart move.

Same. I wonder if her campaign team has been talking with other campaigns about tossing support her way.

I’ll guess Bradford walks away and backs Bailao.

Taxes. Lots of them.

If Olivia Chow wins on mostly name recognition, good luck to her re-election prospects in 2026. She still is coming off as a poor campaigner. The majority of successful campaigns are won on good fundraising, smart strategy, the best resources, a fantastic door-to-door ground game and a solid...

The polls are giving me George Smitherman 2010 vibes. I'll believe Olivia Chow can actually win this race if she is still in a commanding lead come early June. Until then, I'm willing to bet she is leading in these polls based on mostly name recognition.

Quito Maggi published an interesting piece on his thoughts about why some polls are showing wildly different numbers compared to other polls. https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/toronto-mayoral-by-election-polling-a-public-service-announcement/

Another endorsement for Ana Bailao from a Scarborough councillor: https://anabailao.ca/latest-news/endorsement-from-councillor-nick-mantas

My cousin chatted with a Josh Matlow canvasser the other day. She told me it didn‘t go well. I’ll leave it at that. Lol.

Ana Bailao gets my vote.

The only thing I can think of is she actually wants to move on from politics, but she doesn't want to look like she is abandoning the Ontario Liberal Party in case she wants to step back into provincial politics in the future. So, she says she wants to become the mayor Toronto needs and that...

This seems like a foolish decision.

Another solid endorsement for Ana Bailao.

Sounds like this is shaping up to be Chow vs Bailao vs Matlow. It wouldn’t shock me if Chow’s numbers start to slip a bit, Matlow’s goes up and Bailão stays comfortable. While I still believe Bailão will end up winning it, this will probably be a dog fight on Election Day.

Some people really want to slender Ana Bailao and those supporting her. On the Wiki page for the election, someone marked down an unnecessary blurb about Paul Ainslie under the endorsement section.

John Tory seems like the type of person who would walk away over a scandal regardless of what the public image of him is. Plenty people asked him not to leave office over his affair scandal - sounds like his public image probably isn't in the toilet.

If John Tory endorses Ana Bailao, I think that announcement would come a few days before Election Day. We could be hearing about more big endorsement announcements for Bailao soon. I still think she will be the likely winner come June 26th.