A survey found that a fair number of people they asked (1008 people is not a big pool) are still undecided who they’ll vote for on November 2. I could wish they’d led with the question whether the person voted last time, because in a sense the most important number is the low voter turnout for civic elections.
Top issues mentioned were housing (48%) and homelessness (47%). No mayor can solve either of these until the other levels of government get onto the same page, and good luck with that in Quebec.
At any rate, I’m hoping the knowledge of voter indecision lights a fire under some candidates so that we find out what more of them are prepared to promise.
EmilyG 14:43 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
In the last mayoral election, I did what I usually do in elections, and voted for the person I thought most likely to beat the person I didn’t want to win.
Now, I don’t know who to vote for. I’ll have to do more research on the candidates/parties and their positions on issues.
jeather 15:08 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
I’ve been happy with Projet, more or less, and on areas where I’m not (police funding) I don’t imagine anyone else would be different. That said Craig Sauve was a really effective councillor so maybe I’d vote for him. Sud Ouest went really heavily Projet last time, though I suppose this could split th evote.
MarcG 15:54 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
I just checked the Transition website again and they have a pretty full roster of candidates on there now. It would be nice if they had profiles for each person, though. I guess I’m going to have to trawl through some embarassing Instagram profiles to find out who these people are.
Kate 18:16 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
Hmm, Transition still doesn’t have a candidate for mayor of VSMPE…
DeWolf 19:59 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
It’s funny how much time people spend complaining about municipal affairs but then they don’t actually pay attention to municipal politics, and most of them don’t even turn out to vote.
Unlike provincial or federal elections, you don’t even need to choose a single party. Depending on where you live, you vote for anywhere from three to four different people (borough councillor, city councillor, borough mayor, city mayor) so you can mix and match parties if you really want.
Ian 21:50 on 2025-09-08 Permalink
This is a good point but I think it may be why municipal parties got trendy – it’s a simple shorthand for people that can’t be bothered to check every candidate’s positions. I’m not saying it’s agood thing, but it makes sense strategically.
Joey 09:20 on 2025-09-09 Permalink
1,000 respondents, if they were sampled randomly, is a decent size poll.
DeWolf 10:26 on 2025-09-09 Permalink
It’s a fairly large sample size but it’s also a web poll and I wonder if that affects the response. La Presse doesn’t mention anything about a margin of error.
DeWolf 11:13 on 2025-09-09 Permalink
Oh and I was wondering about the poll’s focus on public safety… surprise, surprise: it was commissioned by the police union.
Similarly to the downtown poll’s finding that a large majority of people think downtown is unsafe, I would take these polls with a pinch of salt. The police always find a way to serve their interests in an election.
Ian 20:24 on 2025-09-09 Permalink
CBC has a good article on the candidates beyond the usual Rabouin/ Ferrada/ Kacou trifecta.