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getbak · 10-19-2010, 05:47 PM

Looking at the ward by ward votes for mayor, something interesting I noticed was the distribution of the votes.

Nenshi won 11 of the 14 wards. Among the three he lost were McIver's old ward 12, plus its neighbour ward 14. Strangely, though, Nenshi also lost ward 10, which contains the neighbourhood he grew up in, Marlborough.

Of the wards he won, the margin was less than 1000 votes in wards 5, 9, and 13.

Prior to the election, there was a lot of speculation that in order for Nenshi to win, he'd require a strong turn-out from the "ethnic north east", but that really wasn't where he was strongest. Nenshi has said that this shows that a kid growing up in a working-class, immigrant family, in a neighbourhood east of the Deerfoot can grow up to be the mayor. But, looking at the numbers, if he had to rely on the votes from the neighbourhoods east of the Deerfoot, he wouldn't have become mayor.

10-19-2010, 05:47 PM	#152
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	Looking at the ward by ward votes for mayor, something interesting I noticed was the distribution of the votes. Nenshi won 11 of the 14 wards. Among the three he lost were McIver's old ward 12, plus its neighbour ward 14. Strangely, though, Nenshi also lost ward 10, which contains the neighbourhood he grew up in, Marlborough. Of the wards he won, the margin was less than 1000 votes in wards 5, 9, and 13. Prior to the election, there was a lot of speculation that in order for Nenshi to win, he'd require a strong turn-out from the "ethnic north east", but that really wasn't where he was strongest. Nenshi has said that this shows that a kid growing up in a working-class, immigrant family, in a neighbourhood east of the Deerfoot can grow up to be the mayor. But, looking at the numbers, if he had to rely on the votes from the neighbourhoods east of the Deerfoot, he wouldn't have become mayor. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!