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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
When the deciding factor was a whopping 52 votes in a massive sea of voters, a more charitable good-faith interpretation is in order. We are not talking about a 90% vote margin being attributed to racial bias.
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Basically this... If you ask the question, "is this a reason someone might have voted for Sean Chu", and the answer is "yeah maybe a few people", then it's a legitimate cause for his victory. When the margin is that small, almost anything would have made the difference. Rempel publicly denouncing him on Friday instead of after everyone had voted? Sure, probably. DJ Kelly being called DJ and that seeming to some people like a weird name for a city councillor? Also sure. Hell, ten people in this thread driving up to Ward 4 and knocking on a few doors could reasonably have made the difference - we're all to blame for this! But I don't know what it serves to list out the myriad things that would have tipped the scales.