I’m a 32-year old woman in Toronto working in health tech. This year I ran as the NDP (party of official opposition) candidate in the Ontario provincial election, having no previous experience or political background. I lost. AMA.
I ran for political office with zero background in politics. AMA
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What made you want to run? I live in Ottawa where there’s a big NDP presence.
From the title, I thought you were Mamdani.
Was it close? Was it a winnable race? What would you do differently?
Was it fun?
Was it worth it?
Did you meet someone who was worth it? I mean did you make any friends?
How does corruption work? Did they make you less for being a woman? Is there machismo? Any stories to tell with friends or anonymously? It’s a good story to tell your children, I once ran for political office, because, because I could.
How do you even run for office?
Are you the king Trůmp?
Could you explain the ndpnparty so an American can understand it
Was it close
Would this be like a gubernatorial or mayoral race
Was the race close? What policies did you run on? Would you have absolutely shat yourself if you had won?
Don’t a lot of politicians not have background in politics.. until they do?
How would you rate your chances of becoming prime minister one day?
Thank you for trying! Coming from one who lived in TO.
Did you have a riding association trying to tell you how to run your campaign? I worked on a campaign this past federal.election and the retired political men where constantly meddling in the campaign and would vkte down anything the campaign manager, who was female, wanted to do to advance the campaign.
Are you going to continue trying for office? Either the same in the next election or a different one
How did the party come to choose you? This is absolutely not a dig at you – I’m all for everyone getting involved in their communities, but were there no experienced candidates they could have chosen to run instead?
I thought all politicians had zero background in politics
Did you have any personal interaction with the candidates of the other parties ? How was the communication ?
What is “the party of official opposition?” Is their slogan like “Whatever it is, we don’t like it?”
Why did you decide to run?
Do you like ketchup flavored chips?
Do you really think Liberals are centrists? Because they are usually considered left-wing as well, although NDP is probably more left-wing
Were you hoping to win? Or were you running as a sacrificial lamb as they say while hoping you wouldn’t win some sort of upset? I know that happened a few years back when the NDP recruited a bunch of McGill students to run federally in 2011.
What was your position on the undocumented in Ontario? Did you support legislation to help the cruel treatment like in the us
Hard lessons learned? What would you do next time when you run again? How many votes are expected for this role.
Regarding recent news regarding the Federal NDP Party, did you ever feel neglected or ignored by the Party for your constructive input because you were not a white male?