With 102 registered candidates, more than 10 debates featuring the apparent front-runners and around-the-clock news coverage, Toronto’s mayoral election has clearly offered plenty to follow.
Less clear is whether voters have been paying attention.
Concerns about voter apathy are not unique to Toronto but have come into sharp focus after only 29.7 per cent of the city’s 1.9 million registered voters cast ballots in the last municipal election.
There was little suspense in that October 2022 mayoral race, with incumbent John Tory ultimately delivering on widespread predictions that he would trounce the field.
Tory’s resignation in February after admitting to an affair with a staffer triggered a wide open race, which some experts speculated may help generate interest….