Instead, they picked the only guy who could turn this into a nailbiter.
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I wonder how many of the actual members voted for Ford, as opposed to the rush of people such candidates sign up when they run.
I've often complained about how people suddenly parachute into a riding or a party and bring in a flock of new 'members', who have never been involved with the party before, know or care little about it, and whose sole interest is to plunk down $5 or $10 and then vote for their candidate. How much do they really reflect the party at all? Would Jagmeet Singh have won the NDP leadership contest without all those new Sikh members joining to vote for him? Would Ford have won the Ontario PC leadership if you couldn't join up and then immediately vote?
I've said before that people should not be allowed to vote for candidates until they've been members for at least a year or two. Failing that they should drastically raise the membership cost.