Undecided and apathetic: Calgary voters seek clarity in final days of election campaign - October 15, 2025
- Oct 15
- 1 min read
Calgary’s municipal election is just days away, but low advance voter turnout and an undecided electorate mark what has been a mostly slow and sleepy campaign.
While election signs are nearly everywhere in the city, interest in the campaign doesn’t seem to be there, says pollster Janet Brown.
“It’s kind of a Seinfeld election. It’s an election about nothing,” Brown said.
“I think people have issue fatigue. They hear so much about Donald Trump, so much about Danielle Smith and I think voters are really just finding it hard to find the bandwidth to tap into this election.”
Advance voting wrapped up over the long weekend, and despite occasional long lines at some polling stations, numbers dropped overall.
Elections Calgary reported just over 96,500 voted early over the six days this year.
That’s down from the 141,329 advance voters in 2021.
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