I asked a few friends and co-workers about the election. Most of them had no idea there was an election being held right now. The ones that did had no idea who was running besides Ford.
One even told me that our local riding only has a Conservative candidate so there’s nobody else. Our riding actually has 6 candidates. They thought there was only one candidate because they’ve only seen his campaign signs and nobody else’s.
Ontarians are truly apathetic. I think a big part of that comes from people not knowing what powers the premier has. If people realized the premier controls things like healthcare, labour standards, and public transportation they might care a bit more. Ford has done so little, and blamed the federal government for so much, that I think people assume the position is equivalent to Mayor of Toronto.
So . . . how do we fix it? What passes for the local news around here at least tried (gave an overview of every riding within their catchment area and tried to interview all the major-party candidates, although several refused, including nearly all of the Conservatives), but most people don’t pay any attention to them anymore—the only reason I even saw the segments is that I live with my elderly parents, and my mother still gets her news from the TV. Signage-wise, I’ve seen a few large signs for the Conservative incumbent here, and a few small NDP signs. There’s no guarantee of anything on the Internet reaching anyone in particular. Maybe we should be suggesting that owners of unsold billboard space offer it up in the name of civic duty? Otherwise, I’m all out of ideas.
Unless someone is a follower of politics/news there is no way to really inform people anymore.
The party candidate mail looks like junkmail and only gets one per address, so it’s very easy to miss. Many folk living in shared homes or units would have no idea.
I haven’t used fb or twitter in a few years and never touched tiktok so I have no clue how that works anymore, but by the sounds of things they aren’t the greatest for creating awareness about things that aren’t rw conspiracies.
The ONLY reason I know is because of posts in c/ontario. Not the news, not radio, not flyers, or yardsigns.
I asked a few friends and co-workers about the election. Most of them had no idea there was an election being held right now. The ones that did had no idea who was running besides Ford.
One even told me that our local riding only has a Conservative candidate so there’s nobody else. Our riding actually has 6 candidates. They thought there was only one candidate because they’ve only seen his campaign signs and nobody else’s.
Ontarians are truly apathetic. I think a big part of that comes from people not knowing what powers the premier has. If people realized the premier controls things like healthcare, labour standards, and public transportation they might care a bit more. Ford has done so little, and blamed the federal government for so much, that I think people assume the position is equivalent to Mayor of Toronto.
So . . . how do we fix it? What passes for the local news around here at least tried (gave an overview of every riding within their catchment area and tried to interview all the major-party candidates, although several refused, including nearly all of the Conservatives), but most people don’t pay any attention to them anymore—the only reason I even saw the segments is that I live with my elderly parents, and my mother still gets her news from the TV. Signage-wise, I’ve seen a few large signs for the Conservative incumbent here, and a few small NDP signs. There’s no guarantee of anything on the Internet reaching anyone in particular. Maybe we should be suggesting that owners of unsold billboard space offer it up in the name of civic duty? Otherwise, I’m all out of ideas.
The only signs in my riding are for the NDP, haven’t seen a single lib/con/other
I’m sick of calling it apathy. We have the internet in our pockets, it’s just willful ignorance and stupidity.
Unless someone is a follower of politics/news there is no way to really inform people anymore.
The party candidate mail looks like junkmail and only gets one per address, so it’s very easy to miss. Many folk living in shared homes or units would have no idea.
I haven’t used fb or twitter in a few years and never touched tiktok so I have no clue how that works anymore, but by the sounds of things they aren’t the greatest for creating awareness about things that aren’t rw conspiracies.
The ONLY reason I know is because of posts in c/ontario. Not the news, not radio, not flyers, or yardsigns.