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rfmcdonaldblogTO's Chris Bateman reports.
The comments seem dominated by an unpleasant debate as to whether the constituents of Ward 2 are stupid for allowing Ford to have represented them for so long. Fairer comments point out that the particular demographics of the neighbourhood are often disengaged from politics for reasons of poverty and/or alienation.
Rob Ford might have thought it would be easy to slip back into his old Ward 2 council seat, but it appears his closest rival, Andray Domise, is making up ground, possibly even leading, in the race to succeed incumbent Doug Ford.
An internal poll conducted by the Domise campaign earlier this month put their candidate on 53 percent, eight points ahead of Ford. However, Andrew Young, Domise's campaign manager, says the figures should be taken with more than a pinch of salt.
The informal, live-caller telephone poll was conducted between the October 7th and 10th with "about 4,000" decided voters, he says, as part of regular canvassing. Voters were asked how they would cast their ballot after some "persuasion and discussion."
"We had a fundraiser coming up, which we were inviting people to, and so we initially gauged support to figure out if we should be offering the invitation."
The comments seem dominated by an unpleasant debate as to whether the constituents of Ward 2 are stupid for allowing Ford to have represented them for so long. Fairer comments point out that the particular demographics of the neighbourhood are often disengaged from politics for reasons of poverty and/or alienation.
