Toronto Mayoral By Election

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Oh yeah. You really can't put voters in this part of the City on a left/right spectrum, at least when it comes to municipal elections. In 2014, Doug Ford ran as the most right-wing candidate for mayor, lost big to John Tory in the parts of the City with the most partisan Conservatives, but cleaned up in the parts of the City that gave Trudeau his best performances just a year later.

There's parallels btw/Doug Ford's support base and that of Eric Adams in the 2021 NY Dem mayoral primary.

I can see it.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

It's a pity Toronto has such tightly drawn municipal boundaries; the city would be much better off it had boundaries more like Ottawa.

Why so?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

How has the downtown vs suburban divide impacted this election?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

CBC calls it for Olivia Chow.