- Rob Ford: 47.1%
- George Smitherman: 35.6%
- Joe Pantalone: 11.7%
This is also how I felt on the 8 Nov 2000. Rob Ford may be far less powerful than George Bush was, but he’s much closer to home.
Calgary had their election a week before Toronto. One of those cities elected a progressive young Muslim, the son of an immigrant, to be mayor. The other elected a fiscally & socially conservative white guy from the burbs. It’s like we got each other’s leaders.
Yankee swap anybody?!
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