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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Khalil Ramal could give him a run for his money as Morgan is very much associated with Holder which isn't a good thing and Ramal, being an ex-MPP, has solid name recognition.
Whoever wins, that wasn't really my point about bringing up the significance of the London Mayoral race. It's noteworthy because London was the first city in Canada to have ranked ballots and now that they are gone, thanks to Ford, the results will be studied by policy wonks nationwide as to how effective the ranked ballot was on voter turnout and public engagement. The results of the London election and the demographic breakdown of it will be viewed as a case study for Canadians who want democratic reform.
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I already replied to your point about voter turnout and ranked ballots. As I said in that reply, turnout was quite a bit lower with ranked ballots and a healthy mayoral race in 2018 compared to 2014. Nobody is going to be watching this city to see how we react to going back to FPTP, especially with the boring races we have.
Ramal will come in a distant second (wouldn't be surprised if he gets a lower 2nd place percentage than Charest got in the CPC leadership). He has been totally silent since he announced his campaign 3 months ago. He was a low-profile MPP in east London, barely any name recognition elsewhere in the city, and never was in cabinet. He was my MPP for his first 6 years, and I actually had to look up when he left office (2011). I'm around the city all day long for work, and he has signs on street corners, very few on yards. Morgan has signs everywhere. Not sure why you think being the deputy mayor to Ed Holder is a bad thing, Ed is a pretty popular mayor.