Liberals
and NDP tied in Sudbury
Thibeault with high awareness, Olivier and Shawbonquit with
highest approvals
TORONTO January
13th, 2015 - In
a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 801 voters
in the Ontario provincial riding of Sudbury, where a by-election will take
place February 5th, relatively equal proportions of voters, about
4-in-10, will vote either for the Liberal candidate, Glenn Thibeault (40%) or
the NDP candidate, Suzanne Sawbonquit (42%). About one tenth will vote Paula
Peroni, the PC candidate (13%) and very few will vote either the Green
candidate, David Robinson (3%) or the former Liberal, now independent candidate,
Andrew Olivier (1%).
Thibeault with highest
awareness, Olivier and Shawbonquit have best approvals
While Glenn Thibeault is the
best known candidate (96% aware), his approval is characteristic of just one
half (51%), greater than that for Paula Peroni (aware - 74%, approve - 37%),
but less than that for less well-known candidates (Suzanne Shawbonquit, aware -
67%, approve - 68% and Andrew Olivier, aware 83%, approve - 68%). Thibeault's
approvals are, in fact, equal to those of the least known candidate, David
Robinson of the Green Party (aware - 32%, approve 51%).
“Despite Glenn Thibeault's high profile in this riding as the
former NDP MP, it is shaping up to be a horserace between him and Suzanne
Shawbonquit, the new NDP candidate, and this is helped along by the deep New
Democrat roots in this riding," said
Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.
Lorne Bozinoff,
Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416)
960-9603.
