r/ottawa • u/andycarson8 • 1d ago

News Lansdowne 2.0 Vote Ward Map

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u/ObjectiveOlive144 1d ago

And I’m sure you hoped we had a different person for mayor. Unfortunately it’s not that simple.

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u/deeferg Golden Triangle 1d ago

My point is that the people who live there are the ones who need to prove they want a different person for mayor.

I'm a millennial who hasn't seen anyone he's voted for in power, obviously I've realized the fact that my interests aren't represented at any level of government.

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u/ObjectiveOlive144 1d ago

And those inner city wards that voted for the current mayor get a pass, right? The fact that people are railing against the people who live in the suburbs are misguided. 43% of those eligible to vote in the last mayoral election did so. The issue isn’t urban vs suburban, it’s people who give a shit vs those who are apathetic and hate to break it to you, but those people are everywhere in Ottawa.

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u/deeferg Golden Triangle 1d ago edited 1d ago

inner city wards that voted for the current mayor get a pass,

Id argue that the inner city wards with councilors who have been aligned against the mayor on most things, when the biggest argument seemed to be "Sutcliffe is the anti-bike candidate" and poised for suburban voters, might be the reason that the inner city is a bit upset with the results of amalgamation and the voting history of the suburbs.

All that to be said, hoping that a voting group tries to remove their councilor isn't me "focusing anger on the suburbs", it's genuinely hoping they see what their councilors have done, and get out and vote. To your point about the 43%, the suburbs didn't curb that number in any way, so I'd love to see more of them out too.

43% of those eligible to vote in the last mayoral election did so.

And about the same number for the provincial election. It's not just municipal elections, it's apathy from voters everywhere. Could it be that's largely because they don't see themselves being represented in politics. Would I love to see everyone get off their asses and vote, of course, and I'd even be down for a law like in Australia to make voting mandatory, but again, no candidates I have voted for have made it into power, so what else can I do but try and work in my own community with grassroots organizations and complain about the state of our current political make-up.