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Which mayoral candidate do you intend to vote for in 2021?

  • Jeremy Farkas

    Votes: 3 4.9%

  • Jyoti Gondek

    Votes: 43 70.5%

  • Brad Field

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jan Damery

    Votes: 11 18.0%

  • Jeff Davison

    Votes: 3 4.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Total voters
    61
CalgaryTiger said:
Not sure who was asking for this... I think people in general want to turn the page on this chapter. Maybe that's just me though.
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Test the market early. I am not sure who on her team from last time are still around. Her Mayor's office are largely non-political. I guess now they get to learn how hard the operational side of politics is.
 
darwink said:
Test the market early. I am not sure who on her team from last time are still around. Her Mayor's office are largely non-political. I guess now they get to learn how hard the operational side of politics is.
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I've seen her in the media more lately, which she says is a conscious effort to be seen more. To this point, she has been a keep my head down and work politician, that works if you're a councilor not if you're a mayor. People didn't like seeing Nenshi all the time but that guy understood that it typically isn't a bad thing to show your work.

Maybe she was hiding from her record but to do a 180 and try to go out and sell that record is an uphill climb. Progressives and Conservatives (only in name) want to see a change. She isn't tied to any party, yet...
 
I think she is unfairly maligned most of the time, but I wish she would step aside and hopefully open a path for a fresh progressive-moderate. The ground is fertile for an 'outsider'. Or even a blast from the past like Greg Clark or Evan Woolley...who knows if they'd be interested though.
 
darwink said:
Test the market early. I am not sure who on her team from last time are still around. Her Mayor's office are largely non-political. I guess now they get to learn how hard the operational side of politics is.
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It won't be Stephen Carter.
 
Maybe, too early to tell? Also, my track record on municipal election predictions has been pretty terrible for the past 15ish or so years. Is Carter such an amazing campaign manager, that he can elevate a relatively unknown person (to at least me / my circle) to beat someone like Farkas?
 
MichaelS said:
Maybe, too early to tell? Also, my track record on municipal election predictions has been pretty terrible for the past 15ish or so years. Is Carter such an amazing campaign manager, that he can elevate a relatively unknown person (to at least me / my circle) to beat someone like Farkas?
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Campaigns are infrastructure, field (door knocking, phones, literature), air (media), candidate, timing, luck, and management. You can have 6 of the 7 and still fall on your face. Carter ran Surrey Forward to 12.6% in a crowded field.
 
MichaelS said:
Maybe, too early to tell? Also, my track record on municipal election predictions has been pretty terrible for the past 15ish or so years. Is Carter such an amazing campaign manager, that he can elevate a relatively unknown person (to at least me / my circle) to beat someone like Farkas?
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More like he can elevate horrible candidates to win, get rewarded with a government job and get rewarded again with a severance from that same government job. I would stay away from any candidate associated with him
 
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