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Undecided Voters Keep Calgary Mayoral Race Wide Open, New Poll Finds

A new Janet Brown poll finds one-third of voters uncommitted, signaling volatile late movement with advance turnout lagging 2021.

New polling from Janet Brown Opinion Research shows Calgarians are considering multiple mayoral candidates with less than a week to go until election day.
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Overview

  • Among decided or leaning voters, Jeromy Farkas leads with 27% while Jyoti Gondek and Sonya Sharp are tied at 23%, followed by Jeff Davison at 16% and Brian Thiessen at 8%.
  • Thirty-four percent of respondents say they are undecided, a share pollster Janet Brown calls unusually high and a reason the contest remains too close to call.
  • Many voters report considering multiple candidates, indicating substantial potential for late vote shifting, with Farkas showing the most overlap in supporters.
  • Advance voting totaled 54,626 ballots in the first four days versus 81,801 over the same period in 2021, with advance polls closing Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. and election day set for Oct. 20.
  • The survey of 1,000 residents conducted Oct. 1–8 also found muted reactions to the debut of municipal parties, with more viewing the change negatively than positively.