All Entries Tagged With: "analysis"
Selley: City Has Spoken, And It Is Angry
The National Post’s Chris Selley offers his take on the Toronto election results and what politicans should take from them: “Whatever happens over the next four years, this election sent a hugely important message to Canadian politicians: Ignore voter anger at your peril. If you think voters shouldn’t be angry, make your case early and [...]
Joe Pantalone Misses The Hail Mary
The National Post takes a look at the Joe Pantalone campaign, which was never able to capture the imagination of voters clearly tired of the current regime: “In pre-election poll after poll, Mr. Pantalone was down by 30 points. The 58 year old did not need a Hail Mary. He needed a voice of reason [...]
A Campaign That Quickly Lost Its Way
The Toronto Star examines the candidacy of George Smitherman and how he went from the frontrunner to defeated candidate over the course of the 9 month campaign: “In the opening weeks of the campaign, Smitherman used a conventional front runner’s strategy: He coasted along, saying little on policy, meeting few voters, in a bid to [...]
Lorinc: Toronto Election History Repeating
Over at Spacing Votes, John Lorincsees a number of parallels between the current contest and elections past: “George Smitherman’s ill-fated candidacy is the most obvious point of comparison, because in so many ways he’s re-enacting all the mistakes of Barbara Hall’s campaign – no surprise, as he was the author of her attempted come-back.” Read [...]
BlogTO: Why Rob Ford Hasn’t Won The Mayoral Race Just Yet
With the latest polls giving mayoral candidate Rob Ford a strong lead over his rivals, BlogTO offers some reasons on why the electoral outcome might be different: “Looking at the numbers, at least one trend is obvious. Of Nanos’s 1012 respondents, 558 were over 50 years old and 320 of those were over 60. Does [...]
Lorinc: There Goes The Middle
Over at Spacing, John Lorinc thinks the important middle on the political spectrum may be up for grabs: “As a point of historical comparison, this is precisely what happened to Barbara Hall in 2003. Early in the fall, she unconvincingly tacked right with her fiscal policies, and her support rapidly collapsed. Smitherman’s fate could well [...]
Torontoist Mayoral Electograph: Into The Home Stretch
The folks at Torontoist have released their latest Electograph, which plots the chances of each of the leading mayoral candidates: Joe Pantalone Electograph Score: 2.5/10 (-.5) Poor Joe Pantalone—even with a high profile if unsurprising endorsement from NDP leader Jack Layton, he can’t seem to get ahead. In spite of being a seasoned city councillor [...]
Blog TO: Will Mayoral Race Once Again Be Defined By “Urban” Vs. “Suburban” Split?
BlogTO examines whether there is any evidence to back up the notion that there is an electoral divide in Toronto, either east/west or urban/suburban: “With Rob Ford’s ascent to front-runner status in the 2010 mayoral race, much is once again being made of the oppositional voting preferences of those who reside in old (urban) Toronto [...]
How John Tory’s Non-Presence Affects Toronto’s Mayoral Race
The Globe and Mail speaks with a number of fundraisers and politicos to get their take on what John Tory’s decision not to run for mayor will have on the race: “John Tory is a formidable fundraiser,” says John Matheson, who is working on Rocco Rossi’s campaign. “That money now, by definition, is free.” How [...]
Nickle: Favourite Candidate For Mayor Not Even Running
Toronto Community News’ David Nickle finds it unsurprising that rumoured candidate John Tory seems like such an attractive alternative: “There is a vacuum in the debate, and right now, Ford is filling it with anger. So it’s no wonder the people who left Tory’s side in January are feeling out in the cold here in [...]
Posted Toronto Forum: Should John Tory Run For Mayor?
Pundits Matt Gurney and Tasha Kheiriddin offer two different views on whether rumoured candidate John Tory should place his name on the mayoral ballot: “Gurney: Your energy won’t go into serving the public, but into battling two other levels of government, entrenched unions, hostile bureaucrats and an amateur-hour council, not to mention apathetic voters. Instead [...]
Toronto Political Scene Weighs In On Tory Mayoral Run
Speculation on whether former mayoral candidate John Tory would announce he is entering the race for mayor went into overdrive yesterday, with pundits and opponents alike weighing in on what it means for the October contest. Here’s a helpful TEN index: Tory a threat to Ford (Toronto Sun) Gee: John Tory could enter Toronto’s mayoral [...]
Spacing: Joe Pantalone’s TTC
As part of their review of the pledges of mayoral candidates, Spacing Votes gives a detailed rundown of Joe Pantalone’s transit platform: SUMMARY: Pantalone’s Current Transit Platform Funding Approach: A common thread found within the candidates’ platforms—at this point of the campaign—is the lack of policy specifics. Pantalone has stated that, as mayor, he will [...]
James: Can Pantalone Turn Ford’s Momentum Into Victory?
Star columnist Royson James suggests that mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone could be well positioned if opponent Rob Ford looks to have real momentum in September: “What the candidate and his backers are hoping is for two things to break Pantalone’s way. First, the emergence of a strong, divisive, anti-progressive threat to take the mayoralty — [...]
Lorinc: Greenwashing By Any Other Name
In his Spacing column, John Lorinc takes the Toronto Environmental Alliance to task for their report card – specifically their handling of candidates Joe Pantalone and George Smitherman: And what about Smitherman? “George,” TEA sniffs, “likes to talk about the environment, but his enthusiasm doesn’t match his work to date” [emphasis added]. Excuse me? Is [...]
Torontoist Mayoral Electograph: Another One Bites the Dust
In the latest instalment of their Electograph, the folks at Torontoist take a look what the mayoral race looks like in a post-Mammoliti world: Rob Ford Electograph Score: 6/10 (+1) “The key Ford brand attributes of thrift and outrage are giving his campaign big momentum, especially in the suburbs where bike lanes and green roofs [...]
Levy: Mayor’s Race Coming Down To Big 3
Sun columnist Sue Ann Levy thinks that the mayoral race will look much different after the summer than it does right now: “Ford has grassroots appeal. He talks like an everyday guy, not an elitist. He doesn’t surround himself with tired political retreads who tell him what he wants to hear as if he were [...]
