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What's up with Ontario and the Fords? (vargar.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by wraekscadu@vargar.org to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Doug Ford keeps on getting reelected, his brother was the mayor of Toronto despite the drugs and overall unseriousness... I mean why do people elect these guys? Is it for the memes and laughs?

I'm being totally serious when I ask this btw. What does the average Doug voter's rationale for getting this guy in office? Same with former Rob Ford voters. Who voted for Rob Ford? Why?

Edit: TLDR of the answers seem to be:

Horrible effect of fptp, vote split between liberals, ndp and the greens
Low voter turnout

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Rob won because his opponent was gay and Toronto couldn't have a gay mayor.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

Doug won because his opponent was gay and Ontario couldn’t have a gay Premiere.

Ontario is cold Florida.

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[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

*couldn't have a gay premier again. It'll be a long time before the liberals see provincial governance after Kathleen Wynne

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[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

About half of Ontarians are outright racists, homophobic, and sexist. They just hide it. Never fool yourself into believing otherwise.

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