Winnipeg Mayoral Election 2018 - Page 10

buzzg · #**181** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 6:04 AM**

Can we de-unify Winnipeg again and just make the northeast corner its own city?

rkspec · #**182** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 1:20 PM**

so...can Murray really run again?

2022 scares me.

Bluenote · #**183** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 1:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by buzzg

Can we de-unify Winnipeg again and just make the northeast corner its own city?

Fine with me. Since I’m in the south. We keep all our tax dollars then and we can fix all our roads and not have to fix your corners lol. And since the majority of taxes come from us. ..........lol.

Ps. We’d like our 59/101 mega project moved to the south also.

Bluenote · #**184** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by rkspec

so...can Murray really run again?

2022 scares me.

Why would it scare you. Glen was an awesome mayor. And yes he can run again as far as I was told. Unless you want some superstar like Wabby Kenew running?

rkspec · #**185** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 3:51 PM**

I'm all for the return of Mayor Glen Murray!

Here's to him returning

esquire · #**186** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by rkspec

I'm all for the return of Mayor Glen Murray!

Here's to him returning

On one level I would love to see it happen, but on another it would be a little disappointing if we had to set the time machine back to 1998 in hopes of attaining progress.

Brent Bellamy for mayor, 2022. I'll make the first donation.

rkspec · #**187** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:27 PM**

That would be interesting lol

But get this......41 percent voter turnout

esquire · #**188** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by rkspec

That would be interesting lol

But get this......41 percent voter turnout

I'm not the least bit surprised.

-Dominant incumbent everyone knew was going to win... single biggest factor
-Slate of total dud mayoral challengers
-No real hot button issues to stimulate interest
-Few if any interesting council races

CoryB · #**189** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by trebor204

Poll Winners -
Blue - Jenny Motkaluk
Red - Brian Bowman[/URL]

Interesting take aways there -- the areas most likely to vote for Jenny backed Judy W in 2014 and mostly had councillors on the "unofficial opposition" to Bowman's EPC coming into the 2018 election.

My personal thinking going into the election is Jenny would poll strongly in southwest Winnipeg but lacking a challenge from the left Bowman would shift his base and grab more of the north side votes.

Going into 2022 the big take away from this is a challenger to Bowman, if he is running for re-election, needs a really strong base in the north of Winnipeg but also appeal to voters from other areas.

buzzg · #**190** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I'm not the least bit surprised.

-Dominant incumbent everyone knew was going to win... single biggest factor
-Slate of total dud mayoral challengers
-No real hot button issues to stimulate interest
-Few if any interesting council races

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Originally Posted by CoryB

Interesting take aways there -- the areas most likely to vote for Jenny backed Judy W in 2014 and mostly had councillors on the "unofficial opposition" to Bowman's EPC coming into the 2018 election.

My personal thinking going into the election is Jenny would poll strongly in southwest Winnipeg but lacking a challenge from the left Bowman would shift his base and grab more of the north side votes.

Going into 2022 the big take away from this is a challenger to Bowman, if he is running for re-election, needs a really strong base in the north of Winnipeg but also appeal to voters from other areas.

Agreed with you both. Obviously tough to say now, but Bowman is so vanilla he has a pretty broad base of appeal. Barring him doing something horrific, it'd be tough for anyone to compete. We voted Sam Katz in for a 3rd term when it seemed like the whole city hated him.

Definitely the big reasons for low turnout, and big win for Bowman, is the lack of any glaring issues or platforms to be addressed. Jenny's big focus of P&M was actually likely her downfall, as most people actually realized it's not a serious issue (regardless of side).

So we were just left with the everpresent scraps of "fix roads, lower crime" – more of the same.

buzzg · #**191** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:52 PM**

Interesting stat in this article from Dan Lett.

Even with drastic drop in voter turnout, Bowman actually got more votes this time around than his first run.

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About 20,000 fewer Winnipeggers voted in this election than voted in 2014. However, Bowman's vote total went up by about 3,000 votes. Clearly, if the negative campaign had an impact on turnout, it was to discourage voters from coming out to support Motkaluk's bare-knuckle politics.

optimusREIM · #**192** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 8:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

On one level I would love to see it happen, but on another it would be a little disappointing if we had to set the time machine back to 1998 in hopes of attaining progress.

Brent Bellamy for mayor, 2022. I'll make the first donation.

I second that. Mayor Bellamy has a nice ring to it.

windypeg · #**193** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 8:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by rkspec

That would be interesting lol

But get this......41 percent voter turnout

The one nice thing about this is it means the plebiscite doesn't hold much weight. If only 41% of voters showed up and 65% of them voted closed then it means 0.41x0.65 = only 26% of eligible voters actually voted closed. Leaves a lot of wiggle room to follow through on something that should have been left to planners to make an objective decision in the first place rather than handing it over to the pitchfork mob.

Wolf13 · #**194** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 9:30 PM**

Bellamy would loooove to forego his nice paychecks to run this city hahaha

tree · #**195** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 10:07 PM**

Though i agree with most of what he says Bellamy comes off as a bit of a wank lol. Can't see him having a tonne of appeal outside our types. But there are worse options for sure.

Was happy to see Palmer get so close in my ward. 600ish votes between him and Rollins. I hardly saw ANY Palmer advertising (or for Rollins to be fair - but still more for her than Palmer) but to come that close is encouraging.

Would have liked a City Planner on the council representing here but Rollins seems alright.

esquire · #**196** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 10:28 PM**

^ Surely you mean "wonk"?!

As for the pay thing, that's just taking one for the team

Although I suspect that council salaries have a lot to do with the caliber of candidates we're seeing... Too bad they don't pay councillors what an average WPA member makes...

optimusREIM · #**197** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ Surely you mean "wonk"?!

As for the pay thing, that's just taking one for the team

Although I suspect that council salaries have a lot to do with the caliber of candidates we're seeing... Too bad they don't pay councillors what an average WPA member makes...

Savage but true

robertocarlos · #**198** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 10:41 PM**

I didn't vote. I woke up at 5:30 and the Jet game was more important. I did study the candidates and thanks you for the Simpson's political site link. It helped to decide to not even think about voting for Jenny. And then when I saw Ft Rouge Ft. Gary councilor Rollins standing next to the old Jenny I figured that fight was over. That left P&M and that was a lost cause as well.

Riverman · #**199** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 2:50 AM**

Was there online voting this election?

esquire · #**200** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

Was there online voting this election?

No.