This data is interesting as a provocation to conversation - not at all indicative or predicative of the outcome. I offer these results not to enhance the superficial horse-race analysis that is the media fodder of most of these polls. Note also that the predicative nature of "opinion" polls usually make astrology look good.
This poll is random in the province with a very small number of folks from Edmonton. So this is not "grain of salt" stuff, it is an invitation to engage in a citizen's conversation about what character, capacity and caring do we want in the nest Mayor of Edmonton?
Get to know the candidates beyond the media report. Come to forums, read bloggers (with a grain of salt) consider what is important to you about leadership. What is the stuff of being citizen of Edmonton that is important to you? Which candidate comes closest to your sense of the city...and can you say clearly why you will vote for the candidate you "best" support. Don't expect any one candidate to b perfect. They aren't, but neither are we in how we made decisions on who we will grant our consent to govern us.
So as at between April 20 to May 4, when only one candidate has actually declared intentions to run, here are the results:
- Kerry Diotte: 19.4%
- Don Iveson 17.6%
- Karen Liebovici 15.1%
- Tony Catarina 12.9%
- Amarjeet Sohi 6.9%
Diotte has declared he was running before the poll and Sohi and said he is not after the poll.
So don't jump to conclusions but do create time and place for conversations on the future of Edmonton, the leadership we need and how do we get it?
Interested in our comments and hope for a conversation about the kind of leadership we need for Edmonton on this blog.
