How many candidates? Yikes! Where Calgary voters are getting municipal election information

Ask a Calgary voter about the upcoming municipal elections, and you're likely to get a sheepish look.

The vote is just over two weeks away. But COVID is again dominating headlines, the federal vote is just past, and the long list of candidates in some races can be daunting. Many voters still have little idea who they'll vote for.

That's what CBC Calgary heard as we talked with voters in the far northwest and east parts of the city this week. So we sought out voters from the breadth of the political spectrum to hear how they're finding their information.

Peter Breedveld lives in Bowness. He says his favourite technique is to find a candidate forum — but not something in-person or live.

"What I end up doing is I watch the debate after it's done. Then I fast forward over the candidates I'm not interested in," says Breedveld with a chuckle.

The retired high school teacher just started searching this week. He says he narrowed his choice to two Ward 1 candidates who he thinks seem fiscally responsible — Chris Blatch and Steve Webb. 

Neither was registered for Monday's Ward 1 debate so he reached out and suggested they join.