It'll be interesting to see who the front runners are in 6 weeks. I don't think Farkas' share will change much, but there's lots of room for one one the other candidates.
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Nimbus
Active Member
I think Damery is one to watch for, she could be the Nenshi of this election.
MichaelS
Senior Member
Agreed. I can understand the 5% for Davison, the scandals last week probably really hurt him, as did the underwhelming arena design. 2% for Brad Field must be disappointing for that campaign, as he has been going rather hard for quite a while. I notice a lot of his signs around, and see frequent social media posts from him/about him (might be just my algorithm). I would have thought that effort would have translated to more than 2%.
Atticus
Active Member
Could be. I'm starting to see her name come up more often.
darwink
Senior Member
Gondek has to step up her game to grow her support. Running a pretty boring campaign based on opposing the province which has her frozen in the polls.
Davison hasn’t shared any ideas or promises — seems to think he should be Mayor due to sitting on Calgary Economic Development’s board. plus his campaign is mired by lots of negative mentions from his fundraising tactics which on the face of it are blatantly illegal.
If the above continues, Farkas will be Mayor unless Damery or Field catches fire.
Davison hasn’t shared any ideas or promises — seems to think he should be Mayor due to sitting on Calgary Economic Development’s board. plus his campaign is mired by lots of negative mentions from his fundraising tactics which on the face of it are blatantly illegal.
If the above continues, Farkas will be Mayor unless Damery or Field catches fire.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
God help us if Farkas becomes mayor!
Let's hope that at least one candidate picks up momentum, and a number people strategic voting just to make sure Farkas doesn't get elected.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
She was on Reddit the other day, answering forum questions. She refused to answer the most upvoted question, whether she would disclose her donor's list before the election. This got a lot of people pissed off. Secondly, she refused to directly answer that she was against urban sprawl and would not promise to vote against any new greenfield community development. Instead, she said she was against exurban expansion and annexing new land. Because of this shady reply, she has lost my vote. The arena design isn't as concerning for me as our serious sprawl problem. It's sad but in this upcoming election, we have such garbage candidates to choose from.
Urb
Active Member
Aren't Farkas and Davidson pro-suburban development too though?
polak
New Member
Okay, will you vote for a bunch of houses and stores to be torn down in Kensington, Mount Royal, West Hillhurst and Inglewood to build a sea of 4-5 story condos? Because all of the new communities are being built to the citys new density mandates. Its the older neighborhoods that are fighting densification tooth and nail.
I find that just like with the event center, everyone wants to fix sprawl but no one wants to pay for it. Paying for it in this sense would be converting lower density areas in the inner city to high density neighborhoods.
In reality what I think most people with this attitude are fighting against is a new interchange being built in the deep south despite the fact that it will be used by 200,000 people. They don't actually want increase urban density, they're fighting against the suburban lifestyle they don't like.
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Cowtown
Senior Member
I like her ideas, but she needs to get in the media more somehow. Damery, is who I'd like to vote for, but I'll be strategic voting for whoever is ahead or closest to Farkas.
Cowtown
Senior Member
While there are a lot of inner city people who are opposing development in those neighborhoods, most people, if not all here on this forum welcome that kind of change. I do here you though, it would be nice of some of the inner city folk embraced development better.
darwink
Senior Member
Still two months until election day, but the next month is make or break for any candidate. TBH, unless Gondek starts moving as well, or the momentum of Field on Damery takes off, have to imagine that Farkas will win by default. Is Gondek willing to go negative/contrast-y? I doubt it. Her vote intent hasn't moved much, just bounced around. Why do I think this: we should never depend on undecideds breaking in a pattern decidedly different than decideds. And polling only shows momentum (even if small) for Damery and Field. Gondek is floundering and Farkas may have found his floor unless someone really decides to go hard. By not going negative the election is literally being handed to Farkas.
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I think you're right, the next month is huge. Somebody needs to make a move in the polls to shake things up. I feel like most people either love or hate Farkas, and although he won't got a huge percentage of the vote, if nobody else moves up the vote will be split among the rest of the field. I'm waiting to see how it plays out. For me right now, it's Damery, but it may end up being whoever has the best chance of beating Farkas.
MichaelS
Senior Member
For all the talk of PACs and how they will influence this election, I have yet to see much evidence of it. Maybe I am not looking in the right places, but I haven't noticed any big budget advertising campaigns pertaining to the municipal election yet. Are they out there, and I am just not seeing them? Or, will they start arriving after labour day? Or now, maybe after the federal election to avoid confusion?
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