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Who gets your vote for Mayor of Toronto?

  • Ana Bailao

    Votes: 18 16.4%

  • Brad Bradford

    Votes: 3 2.7%

  • Olivia Chow

    Votes: 58 52.7%

  • Mitzie Hunter

    Votes: 2 1.8%

  • Josh Matlow

    Votes: 20 18.2%

  • Mark Saunders

    Votes: 4 3.6%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 4.5%
  • Total voters
    110
  • Poll closed .
mjl08 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1631692634350649344


Edit: Full poll results. Some interesting break-downs on support by candidates by neighbourhood, political party and issues like housing.

https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/2023_Polls/Toronto/Toronto_Late_Feb_2023_QP-1.pdf?_t=1677823873
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Lets bring that forward for discussion:

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Right-leaning: Bradford, Bailao, Saunders: ~ 21.5%

Centre 'ish, Hunter, Coteau, Hussen: ~ 11.6%

Left: Matlow, Penalosa, Karpoche: ~ 17%

Huh, that's just about 46%, balanced with undecided seen above.
 
What are you using to categorize candidates as Right, Centre, and Left? Is it particular issues/voting record? People/parties they have associated with?
 
toaster29 said:
What are you using to categorize candidates as Right, Centre, and Left? Is it particular issues/voting record? People/parties they have associated with?
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Partisan affiliations of the candidates or their organizers/campaign managers for the most part. Let me break it down this way:

Right-leaning:

Bradford:

Associated with former Mayor Tory, a former PC Party leader, a partisan conservative political strategist is leading his efforts.

Bailao:

Associated with former Mayor Tory, campaign headed by Nick Kouvalis - strong PC/Conservative association

Saunders: Ran for the PCs in last provincial election.


Centre 'ish, Hunter, Coteau, Hussen: ~ 11.6%

All members of the Liberal party either provincial or federal.

Left:

Matlow, Penalosa, Karpoche: ~ 17%

Matlow - Typically associated with Liberals, but flanks left, at least from a grandstanding perspective, would be understood as typically voting w/the NDP block on Council though not aligned to them.

Penalosa - The primary 'left' candidate of the Mayoral election just past; platform unabashedly progressive.

Karpoche - Current NDP MPP
 
Northern Light said:
Lets bring that forward for discussion:

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Right-leaning: Bradford, Bailao, Saunders: ~ 21.5%

Centre 'ish, Hunter, Coteau, Hussen: ~ 11.6%

Left: Matlow, Penalosa, Karpoche: ~ 17%

Huh, that's just about 46%, balanced with undecided seen above.
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None of the centreish candidates listed above will run for Mayor... They all have cozy jobs so why risk it to become mayor.

Also Bradford's ratings seem rather low. Doesn't make sense Penalosa's and Karpoche's are higher.
 
Richard White said:
Mitzie Hunter has stated she was somewhat interested. Honestly, if she did run she may actually win this thing.
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She gave up on running for the Ontario Liberals ... don't think she has it in her to run for a mayoral position. Won't produce any results and will be terrible for the city. Rather have a right leaning mayor who can work with Ford since Ford is calling most of the strings anyways
 
Towered said:
What's her track record like?
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Hunter was a fairly good Education Minister. Modernized the curriculum, including STEM courses and the (controversial in some circles) sex ed changes. She received criticism for the closure and consolidation of rural Ontario schools, but that is unlikely to impact her in the 416.

Her 2020 Ontario Liberal leadership campaign fizzled and she came a distant fourth.
 
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