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Originally Posted by Lord Carnage
That's a fact, but only 1/2 the story.
4 years ago he won a majority with 193,000 votes out of the 250,000 people who voted (around 74% of the popular vote).
This time he won a majority with 199,000 votes out of the 385,000 people who votes (around 51% of the popular vote).
So yes, he won a majority, but just barely.
Most people would consider that almost as many people voted against him as for him, and than maybe they could be a little more conciliatory...
Nenshi doesn't have that personality though.
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Maybe Nenshi understands the impact of a well financed special interest group supporting a campaign against him. A majority is still a majority, there is no way of proving that those 135k extra votes in this election would have voted for him or didn’t vote for him in the last election. You win an election based on how many people vote for you, to maintain a majority with a >50% increase in voter participation isn’t a bad thing.