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Originally Posted by Fusebox
This would work well when you have a great, well respected mayor like Nenshi in office. What happens when a guy like McIver gets in and decides to make sweeping changes that the general public doesn't agree with?
Remember that Nenshi was elected with around 40% of the popular vote last time. Forget that he has such high approval ratings now - would it be reasonable for a guy who only received 40% to institute his agenda without proper checks and balances?
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I find that unlikely compared to the scenario where councillors block the mayor against the wishes of the general public, as happened with secondary suites. Because people generally pay more attention to the mayoral race than the councillor races, we might be less likely to get a mayor we don't like with a strong mayor system than a council we don't like under the current system.
To use an American analogy, Obama might have his detractors, but he's sure as heck more popular than congress!
As for the 40% issue, instant runoff voting solves that problem.