Just a reminder who 'Ford Nation' was in the last election. Most of Toronto.
"Ford Nayshun" is a soundbite...like "Gravy Train". If there is such a thing, let's assume they would be some kind of
die hard Rob Ford fan. So not everyone who voted for Rob Ford could be a member of the "Ford Nation".
Number of eligible voters in Toronto: 1,526,642
Number of votes for Rob Ford: 383,501
If you are a die hard Rob Ford fan, then you certainly would have cast your vote for him. So at best, Ford Nayshun represents 25% of Toronto (not all of Toronto, but just the eligible voters). But of course not all of those who cast their vote for Rob Ford are die hard Rob Ford fans, so Ford Nayshun is somewhere between 0% and 25%.
It's closer to 0%.
Yeah I guess I'm making it all up, this false downtown/surburban wedge.
Well, first you said "downtown"....then it's the entire "old city" of Toronto.
The fact is, the majority of people who
didn't vote for Rob Ford are from outside of downtown.
Love how 'Ford Nation' is always portrayed as this big dumb mass that can't understand the 'facts' that the enlighted anti-Ford people can.
I might cut the Ford voters some slack by just calling them naive or ignorant at the time they voted. But if you are still a Rob Ford fan in 2013, then you have to be a special kind of stupid.
If you voted for Rob Ford based on his official fiscal plan that he campaigned on, then he has utterly failed to materialize this plan, and you should be very disappointed.