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Not the way politics is considered over here either! But Patrick Janssens comes from the advertising world (can you see) and took up the place as mayor of Antwerp after numerous problems with the city counsil. This was some sort of re-election that played upon the fact people liked him as mayor. Adversaries said he was being self-centered in a presidential campaign -- that he was letting people believe they could directly vote for their mayor (which they can't, but the person with the most votes has a big advantage of course). Afterwards it became clear it actualy worked: he was able to become the politician with the most votes behind his name. Up until October of last year that had always been Filip De Winter from Vlaams Belang in Antwerp.