'Twas the night before election
Download MP3We reflect on the biggest issues the 2025 campaign. Plus, we cover advance voting turnout and some last little bits of election analysis.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
2021 Election
- Oct. 15, 2021: Episode 151 - It's Election Thyme
Taproot Survey
- Comparison of Cartmell, Jaffer, Knack, and Walters
- Candidate Pitches
- The Taproot Survey is helping voters and candidates ahead of Election Day
- Taproot Survey
- Take the survey and match with candidates
Advance Voting
- Advance voter turnout higher than in 2021 with 1 week until Edmonton election
- Edmonton Election Results
- Fears for depressed turnout in the 2025 Calgary meh-lection
Campaign themes
- Edmonton's next city council will have to get creative balancing goals and taxes, former mayor says
- Too much, too fast: Majority polled in Calgary, Edmonton unhappy with pace of population growth
- Keith Gerein: This has been Edmonton's infill election, but we're getting only one side of the story
- The big picture on housing, density and affordability
- How do Edmonton's election issues in 2025 compare to 2021?
Election analysis
- Keith Gerein: Edmonton's money woes need more than wishful thinking
- Edmonton Votes 2025: Voting records reveal close councillor alignment ahead of election day
- Analysis: Cartmell's fundraising has significant crossover with UCP, while Knack has support from city staff
- If 'undecided' was a person, they'd be on track to be Edmonton's next mayor, poll suggests
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Stephanie Swensrude
Stephanie is a curator and reporter at Taproot Edmonton. She attended NAIT's radio and television program and has worked at CBC, CFJC in Kamloops, and 630 CHED.
