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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
I think Barb hurt McIver in taking away the air of inevitability from him. Before she announced her run, it looked like McIver was going to have the election pretty easily. When the polls started to look like that was no longer going to be the case, people started looking at all of the candidates.
In the end, Barb split the ABM vote but opened up a more vulnerable McIver so that Nenshi could pull it out.
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Without Barb I think the dynamics of the entire campaign is different. McIver targets Nenshi quicker so it's not a surprise. The two probably have televised debates since Barb was the one holding those back. We'll never know what would have happened.