Winner of Toronto’s Mayoral Race Could Finish With Record-Low Votes: Analyst

Winner of Toronto’s Mayoral Race Could Finish With Record-Low Votes: Analyst
(L-R) Toronto mayoral candidates Josh Matlow Olivia Chow, Mitzie Hunter, Brad Bradford, Mark Saunders, and Ana Bailao take the stage at a mayoral debate in Scarborough, Ont. on May 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Tara MacIsaac
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Torontonians elected right-leaning mayors in the last two elections, but so far the polls show that a left-wing front-runner is leading the race for the mayor’s chair as the city heads toward election day on June 26.

“Toronto is a balance of right and left,” Mike McGregor, an associate professor of politics and public administration at Toronto Metropolitan University, told The Epoch Times. Some areas, such as Etobicoke, are very conservative, he said.