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Toronto Elections Oct 25 2010 - Who are YOU voting for? (pg. 13)
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
From the Torontoist.
Just as I thought. The ing burbs chose our mayor. Not the city. |
not ing surprised.. |
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| The Potter |
| Wow, you do not get a more emphatic divide than that. It is almost shocking. I wonder if this kind of split has occurred in previous elections, or whether it is just this year that the voters have been so polarized. Regardless, the newspapers and academic departments are going to have a field day studying this! |
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| Abercrombie |
| There should be passport checks on protesters... the streets would be a lot calmer. |
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| Special K |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
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*pats self on back*
:haha:
Now now don't fret all of you elitist progressives / hippies / champagne socialists. You can vote Adam Vaughan for mayor next election. Who I will guarntee right now will be running against Ford next election, as his main competitor.
Have fun with that ...
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Potter
Wow, you do not get a more emphatic divide than that. It is almost shocking. I wonder if this kind of split has occurred in previous elections, or whether it is just this year that the voters have been so polarized. Regardless, the newspapers and academic departments are going to have a field day studying this! |
blogto has some interesting maps on that actually.
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The City of Toronto has released the official results of the municipal election today. And while everyone knows who the winner was, a closer look at the breakdowns and final votes might be illuminating for those curious about how their ward leaned. 813,984 Torontonians cast ballots during the election (roughly 53%), with Rob Ford taking 383,501 total votes.
As the ward map above shows, the predicted urban/suburban split in voting preferences did indeed come to pass, with the majority of Smitherman voters concentrated in the area that used to be the municipality of Toronto prior to amalgamation. In an effort to contextualize Ford's victory, I've also included ward breakdowns from the 1997, 2003 and 2006 elections (I don't have a graphic of Lastman's 2000 win).
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| Intangible |
megacity fail.
how the are the burbs suppose to know whats good for downtown.
Living downtown is MUCH different than working or visiting downtown. |
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| Skipper |
| Wow, that's crazy, the split between burbs and downtown. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
Just as I thought. The ing burbs chose our mayor. Not the city.
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Whoa... I don't particularly give two s about Toronto politics; however, the above statement is just stupid. Like it or not, "the ing burbs" are as much part of the city of Toronto as the core is. Sounds to me that your complaint is that the power balance seems to have shifted a little and those that have enjoyed the benefits of influence for 10 years are scared they'll now lose some of their advantage.
For Intangible... indeed, living downtown is likely much different then living in the burbs; however, no one downtown seemed to care much about that difference when deciding policy for the past seven years. One can't have it both ways... one can't enjoy additional revenue available by the larger tax base and use it to govern for the benefit of the core on one hand and then declare the merging of the cities a failure when the balance shifts away from the core's favour. Residents would do well to be more concerned with the overall health of the city rather then their small piece of it (all residents), as the fates of all are tied; like it or not. |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Whoa... I don't particularly give two s about Toronto politics; however, the above statement is just stupid. Like it or not, "the ing burbs" are as much part of the city of Toronto as the core is. Sounds to me that your complaint is that the power balance seems to have shifted a little and those that have enjoyed the benefits of influence for 10 years are scared they'll now lose some of their advantage.
For Intangible... indeed, living downtown is likely much different then living in the burbs; however, no one downtown seemed to care much about that difference when deciding policy for the past seven years. One can't have it both ways... one can't enjoy additional revenue available by the larger tax base and use it to govern for the benefit of the core on one hand and then declare the merging of the cities a failure when the balance shifts away from the core's favour. Residents would do well to be more concerned with the overall health of the city rather then their small piece of it (all residents), as the fates of all are tied; like it or not. |
Well put. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Whoa... I don't particularly give two s about Toronto politics; however, the above statement is just stupid. Like it or not, "the ing burbs" are as much part of the city of Toronto as the core is. |
no, they are not. if they were they wouldn't be the ing burbs. they would be the ing city.
| quote: | | Sounds to me that your complaint is that the power balance seems to have shifted a little and those that have enjoyed the benefits of influence for 10 years are scared they'll now lose some of their advantage. |
i wasn't really complaining. i just posted a map. maybe my only complaint is just about the fact that the burbs suck ass. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| i am surprised the poorer areas of scarborough also voted Ford. |
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| PivotTechno |
I was going to make a crack about inevitable white flight from the core, then quickly realised the fallacy considering that a large number of Ford supporters are suburban immigrants who would never vote a gay man into office.
This world makes less and less sense with each passing day. |
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