Doug Ford keeps on getting reelected, his brother was the mayor of Toronto despite the drugs and overall unseriousness… I mean why do people elect these guys? Is it for the memes and laughs?
I’m being totally serious when I ask this btw. What does the average Doug voter’s rationale for getting this guy in office? Same with former Rob Ford voters. Who voted for Rob Ford? Why?
Edit: TLDR of the answers seem to be:
- Horrible effect of fptp, vote split between liberals, ndp and the greens
- Low voter turnout
Ford really took advantage of fptp last time too. He called a snap election claiming he needed a mandate to deal with Trump. Turnout was even worse than usual because it was February.
He timed it carefully, often Ontario will flip parties provincially (i.e. vote Tory when Liberals are in power and vise versa) so he wanted to lock in four years when it looked like Trudeau was on the way out.
Five years. Provincial governments (at least Ontario) have a five year term.