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Originally Posted by Cuz

For my ward, number 2, I am disappointed that it wasn't closer. Now I wouldn't call Magliocca's victory resounding, with only 32.8% of the vote (per Global), but he did garner 1891 more votes than his next rival, Shawn Ripley with 21.4%. When you look at the next two candidates Bernie Dowhan at 20.5% and Terry Wong at 17.7%, it shows how split the vote in the ward was, and by extension, the quality of the candidates which we can be thankful for. The only really outlier candidate was Richard Poon at 7.6%, which is a decent chunk of the vote (As an aside, check out his comments at transitcamp.ca if you want a good laugh).

Personally, I think the only reason Magliocca won was name recognition due to the sheer number of signs. I am skeptical how he will perform as councillor as I found his platform to be vague and not very polished, especially considering this was his third time running (I have previously mentioned this feeling). Furthermore, I did not like some of his tactics, mainly placing campaign literature on vehicles on private property, receiving two robocalls on the Saturday and Sunday preceding the election and having a beat-up old truck with campaign signs parked outside the polling station in Royal Oak on election day. Anyways, time will tell ultimately how he will perform.

He also wrote in colourful chalk on the sidewalks outside my voting station. Not sure if he did that at all the Ward 2 stations or not.