[GDT] YYC Votes 2025

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

I would keep an eye on Joey Nowak in the coming years. She is extremely well educated and will be a good progressive voice in the council. Huge change in ward 1 from Sharp.

I hope that she can hold on. Only a 1.2% lead with 18 of 64 polls reporting. Trending in the right direction, for sure, but like any ward, a box of votes from Tuscany might look different than a box from Bowness.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I understood who he was talking about, I just didn't get the reference to the bus thing.

Just think of it like a rightwing bangbus.... lol

filled with a ton of propaganda, pregnant women and anti-abortion leaflets.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Sigh... yeah, that's a very on brand post.

I finally figured out who you remind me of. You're essentially Vigilante from Peacemaker, but less endearing and (I assume) less homicidal. And maybe slightly more obnoxious, somehow.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

I hope that she can hold on. Only a 1.2% lead with 18 of 64 polls reporting. Trending in the right direction, for sure, but like any ward, a box of votes from Tuscany might look different than a box from Bowness.

Keep in mind, the plan for the Council seats was to get all the ballots that were cast yesterday counted before they stopped for the night. Then, they will count the advance polls and mail-in ballots as well as votes collected at special polls in care homes and shelters today.

Each of those locations counts as a separate poll (there were over 40 advance polling locations citywide), but they did not likely collect very many votes at each one.

While it looks like there are a lot of outstanding polls left to count, they won't likely account for very many new votes for each ward.

[Muta]

Didn't vote for Farkas, but definitely the better option than Sharp. Hoping his 'about face' in recent years is real and he works hard to be the civil servant he's saying he now is. Not a fan of his position on blanket rezoning, but I do like his focus on the arts and building a creative ecosystem in the city.

I do wish him the best of luck, hope he is an effective mayor and does make positive improvements and change. And stands up to the UCP.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by getbak

Keep in mind, the plan for the Council seats was to get all the ballots that were cast yesterday counted before they stopped for the night. Then, they will count the advance polls and mail-in ballots as well as votes collected at special polls in care homes and shelters today.

Each of those locations counts as a separate poll (there were over 40 advance polling locations citywide), but they did not likely collect very many votes at each one.

While it looks like there are a lot of outstanding polls left to count, they won't likely account for very many new votes for each ward.

Good point - thanks for that reminder. I am cautiously optimistic. She seems very intelligent and will be a nice change after quite a few years of Ward Sutherland and then Sonya Sharp.

Admission: I voted for Sharp as councillor in Ward 1 because she positioned herself as a bit of a centrist. I did come to regret my choice as she definitely put local representation on the backburner and was clearly jockeying for the mayor's seat as much as two years ago, and arguably for most of her term. As the Communities First party began to take shape, I regretted it even more.

Joey Nowak would potentially cancel out a lot of my regret.

[fotze2]

I've met Jeromy a few times, know some of his family.

He is definitely a bit of an odd duck. Very outgoing and but clearly a politician.

Calgary, you never cease to surprise me.

[Harry Lime]

Well, adding party affiliation and going back to stone age vote counting seems to work exactly as the UCP wanted it to.

About a 5 point bump to all UCP candidates, and a really low turn out.

[TheIronMaiden]

It really goes to show how popular Nenshi was.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Well, Brian Theissen cost Gondek big time. Though I suppose Sharp could say the same vis-a-vis Danielson.

Gondek cost Gondek

It's like some simply don't want to admit she was a very mediocre mayor at best. She was deeply unpopular and the best people could say about her tenure was she was 'meh' or 'fine' and that she just had communication issues, or that she was just one vote in council, and this is from the progressive camp who wanted anyone but Farkas / Sharp / Davison.

It's very rare for an incumbent mayor to lose. Nenshi won with 71% of the vote in 2013, and 51% in 2018. Gondek is at 20% as an incumbent and a distant 3rd.

Had she been considered a good mayor, she would have won in a landslide, with or without Theissen, and with or without Sharp / Farkas. Nenshi is quite progressive, and he didn't have such problems.

I really, really don't get this weird level of excusing of her poor performance.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ysis-1.7364640

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

Well, adding party affiliation and going back to stone age vote counting seems to work exactly as the UCP wanted it to.

About a 5 point bump to all UCP candidates, and a really low turn out.

How did you get the 5% bump number?

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Firebot

Gondek cost Gondek

It's like some simply don't want to admit she was a very mediocre mayor at best. She was deeply unpopular and the best people could say about her tenure was she was 'meh' or 'fine' and that she just had communication issues, or that she was just one vote in council, and this is from the progressive camp who wanted anyone but Farkas / Sharp / Davison.

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Most people that i spoke to that voted Gondek did so because they felt she was the best non Sharp vote. It's not great that that's where we are, but I largely made my decision on the same basis. I voted Farkas primarily because I saw him having the best chance of holding Sharp out not because I particularly liked Farkas.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Does anyone really think we have a really conservative city council in this last several terms? Or have they been mostly center, center left. I just haven't seen city council as the basket of conservative policy that people think.

No Calgary has generally had a centrist to center-left policy council, outside of a few blowhards; which i think is why the UCP introduced political parties.

Party (or the word "Conservative") over policy

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Did it though?

A Better Calgary is leading in ZERO wards.
Communities First is leading in 3 with 2 of those incumbants.

Too bad Dan Mclean is going to get re-elected.

or was this a whoosh by me? lol

Yeah may have jumped the gun a bit, plus it looks like a few progressives have overtaken

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by Torture

Yeah but Rob Ward? Might as well have elected Smith to council.

Given the tone of everyone I was in line with and the giant cheer he got when he said "the science of climate change hasn't been settled", I'm legit surprised Tyzen Ario didn't also win School Trustee in Ward 11.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Sigh... yeah, that's a very on brand post.

I finally figured out who you remind me of. You're essentially Vigilante from Peacemaker, but less endearing and (I assume) less homicidal. And maybe slightly more obnoxious, somehow.

thats fair. You remind me of Peacemaker's rightwing neonazi father.. the White Dragon hahahahaha

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

How did you get the 5% bump number?

Polls when the race started versus two weeks before the election. Sharp was the most prominent one that saw a jump in that general amount.

It being an extremely beige election, I assume that was a driver.

For turnout, complaints all across the province on how long it takes to vote and count.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I had heard there was a significant downturn in voter turnout but it seems like maybe it wasn't quite as bad. Still clearly an effect from the UCP voter suppression tactics, but also probably something to do with ALCS game 7.

They really need these elections to take place in the summer.

I also think a genuine lack of palatable candidates played a part in it as well. I heard a lot of:

"I dont like any of them so I dont care."

And thats how you get poor voter turnout.

[Firebot]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Most people that i spoke to that voted Gondek did so because they felt she was the best non Sharp vote. It's not great that that's where we are, but I largely made my decision on the same basis. I voted Farkas primarily because I saw him having the best chance of holding Sharp out not because I particularly liked Farkas.

And that's the problem. Gondek wasn't being voted in this election because she had a good message and deserved another term, she was just not someone else less liked. It became a vote in getting someone not elected versus someone you actually want.

Vote for Gondek or else we may get Sharp, isn't really a vote of confidence for Gondek...

If she was a good mayor, none of this discussion would even had happened as someone like Sharp / Farkas would never be able to get in. Likewise, Farkas may have won but he won mainly by default with his softening of his stances.

Heck it can be said that Gondek won in 2021 because she was the anti-Farkas vote (who was so despised by some at the time he had a 200 page transgression thread dedicated to him as a councilor)...so much so preventing him got people to vote.

First time I've ever voted in a municipal election. Between stopping Farkas, voting on fluoride and the time change, it seemed like I was due.

Are there any polls or anything that show where the candidates are at with support? I want to make sure I vote for whoever has the best shot at beating Farkas.

Quotes from 2021...

Let's see what Farkas does.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Firebot

And that's the problem. Gondek wasn't being voted in this election because she had a good message and deserved another term, she was just not someone else less liked. It became a vote in getting someone not elected versus someone you actually want.

Vote for Gondek or else we may get Sharp, isn't really a vote of confidence for Gondek...

If she was a good mayor, none of this discussion would even had happened as someone like Sharp / Farkas would never be able to get in. Likewise, Farkas may have won but he won mainly by default with his softening of his stances.

Heck it can be said that Gondek won in 2021 because she was the anti-Farkas vote (who was so despised by some at the time he had a 200 page transgression thread dedicated to him as a councilor)...so much so preventing him got people to vote.

Quotes from 2021...

Let's see what Farkas does.

I don’t think any candidate was being voted “for” this election. Lots of people disliked Gondek or Farkas or Sharp. I’m not sure I talked to anyone who was passionate about any candidate like you had with Nenshi.

[PaperBagger'14]

Some updates on ward 12 would be nice, I really don’t want to see Jamieson get the nod. He wasn’t well spoken at the debate and came across as a childish populist. I’m no fan of Ferguson either but she at least came very prepared, knew her talking points thoroughly and spoke well, even if she had a smug look about her at times.