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RSS FeedsHere´s what is motivating Torontonians to vote - or not - on Oct. 22 (hint: not the ward fiasco)
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19 october 2018 22:53:54

 
Here´s what is motivating Torontonians to vote - or not - on Oct. 22 (hint: not the ward fiasco)
(The Star Travel)
 


It dominated news headlines for weeks, got tangled in court and seemed to be the daily dinnertime topic.Yet the unprecedented move by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to cut the size of Toronto city council nearly in half — to 25 wards from 47 — doesn’t appear to be an important issue for city residents ahead of the municipal election, at least when compared to public transit, traffic and community safety.This is according to research from The Canadian Municipal Election Study, the largest project of its kind, which looks at people’s perceptions of municipal politics, particularly before and after elections.“We found residents are generally opposed to the redistricting of wards, but it’s not the defining issue in this election,” said Michael McGregor, the study’s principal investigator and assistant professor at Ryerson University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration.The Toronto data, which McGregor provided exclusively to the Star, is drawn from survey responses given by approximately 1,400 randomly chosen Torontonians. The online surveys were conducted by Forum Research between Sept. 27 and Oct. 15. and paid for by the Canadian Municipal Election Study, which is funded by federal and provincial grants.McGregor, who analyzed the data, said the results provide a snapshot of how Toronto residents think about municipal politics and what is motivating them in the 2018 election.Read more:Everything you need to know before the 2018 Toronto electionOpinion | Edward Keenan: Here’s the mayor of Toronto that I wantSchool trustees are spending your billions. Maybe you should vote for themLast year, McGregor’s team surveyed residents before and after municipal elections in Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City. This year, the study is focusing on Vancouver, Winnipeg, London, Mississauga and Toronto.“Researchers do large studies for federal and provincial elections, but the majority of elections in o ...


 
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