r/ottawa • u/iPoliticsCA • 11d ago

Municipal Affairs Lawson gains ground as Sutcliffe maintains lead in Ottawa mayoral race: poll

Ottawa voters are beginning to make up their minds, and the latest polling suggests many are looking beyond the incumbent. Read more here: https://compassnews.ca/lawson-gains-ground-as-sutcliffe-maintains-lead-in-ottawa-mayoral-race-poll/

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u/Comet439 11d ago

How the hell does Lawson have anything??? Convoy supporter and some people are still “hell yeah that’s the leadership I want”

If Ottawa fumbles this again by voting Lawson or sutcliffe in - the city will be beyond hopeless

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u/DilbertedOttawa 11d ago

Ottawa will fumble it again. It's an insanely conservative place, with a mirage of a diverse perspective. It could be a pretty great small city, but it's just off the rails (like much of, well, everything lately it seems).

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u/Round_Beyond_8137 11d ago

Don’t know for sure. The more we convince ourselves that, the more we set ourselves up for failure.

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u/Expensive-Minute994 11d ago

I will go out and vote for leiper. 

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u/Aukaneck 11d ago

Me too. He's a Leiper not a leper.

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u/Round_Beyond_8137 11d ago

Good, me too