Posted on 07/23/2014 12:42:51 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
The Toronto mayoral race is a dead heat between the three top contenders as Mayor Rob Ford’s support of one-in-four voters remains set in concrete and Olivia Chow has dropped off sharply, a new poll suggests.
The latest Forum Poll has Chow with 29% support of respondents, John Tory at 28% and Ford at 27%, all within the poll’s three percentage points margin of error. However, six-in-ten respondents still call for Ford to resign, suggesting little room for growth for the mayor’s campaign.
Karen Stintz saw her support rise to 6%, while policy geek David Soknacki’s campaign has yet to hit warp speed, coming in at 5%.
The latest poll is a steep drop for Chow, who had 36% support in a July 2 Forum poll. In the past two weeks, Chow has called for a handgun ban and faced a tough crowd in a Scarborough debate as she supports a seven-stop LRT, not the three-stop subway supported by Ford and Tory.
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You should vote for Rob Ford since this world always needs more comedy.
There’s a conservative running for office in Canada named “Tory?”
too funny....
My Canadian friends call Chow “Chairman Chow” because of her openly pro-communist comments.
I’m thinking you are right
New rule: Never put “Rob Ford” and “three-way” in the same sentence.
*shudder*
“Chairman Chow” LOL!
Even though Wayne & Shuster are dead, Hogtown is still good for a laugh.
Olivia won’t get a crack at it?...................
I don’t know, are there not that many blacks in Canada?
I ask this because in most U.S. cities there always seems to be a decisive number of black voters who can be counted upon to elect “a person of color” or at least a Democrat.
Olivia Chow? I was just at the grocery store. I think I saw a bag of that in the pet food isle.
Canada Ping!
Most of the people in the rough neighbourhoods don’t bother voting. One of his advantages is that he talks one-on-one to everybody and gets them registered.
One of his advantages is that he talks one-on-one to everybody and gets them registered
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I guess you mean Rob Ford and even in spite of his bouts with substance abuse I’d pick him over Obama any day.
More Rob Ford. He’s not American, so it’s extra fun!
Exactly. In spite of his train wreck of a personal life, he’s done a better job than any of his predecessors since the 1960s. Any candidate running on his platform would win in a landslide.
As Councillor, Ford developed a reputation for looking after his constituents and he continued that way as Mayor. When the city-run public housing agency was under fire for neglecting maintenance & security, he went door-to-door in the projects talking to the tenants, finding out what needed doing.
As Councillor, Ford developed a reputation for looking after his constituents and he continued that way as Mayor. When the city-run public housing agency was under fire for neglecting maintenance & security, he went door-to-door in the projects talking to the tenants, finding out what needed doing.
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I appreciate your info about Rob Ford.
He sounds like a good guy.
What is wrong with those people that would vote for Ford?? Always 25% of the population that you wonder if they should be institutionalized. lol
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