Tory
More Popular than Drake in the Six
Toronto’s
mayor more popular than hip-hop star, but not amongst young people
Toronto, June 11th,
2019 - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™
among 1157 Toronto voters, two-thirds (65%) say they approve of the mayor, up
an impressive eight points (April 10: 57%) since April.
Tory sees disapproval from about one-fifth (19%), down
eight points (April 10: 27%) since April. One-sixth (15%) say they don’t know
about Tory, which is about the same as April (April 10: 16%).
Respondents most likely to say that they approve of Tory
include those aged 45-54 (71%) or 65+ (72%), females (70%), those earning
$40-$60,000 (67%) or the most wealthy (70%), and with a post-graduate degree (72%).
Drake most popular with people under 45
More than half (57%)
of Torontonians said they approved of Drake, but one-fifth (17%) said they
disapproved.
One-quarter (26%)
said they don’t know.
Respondents most
likely to say they approve of Drake include those aged 34 and younger (61%) or
aged 35-44 (64%), earning $40-60,000 (62%) or $80-100,000 (62%), and living in
Scarborough (63%).
“With the city gripped
by Raptors-fever, the mayor, and his gold Raptors’ jacket, have been everywhere,”
said Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “His support has reached
record heights, exceeding even that of one of the team’s most famous fans,
Drake. Of course, Drake is more popular than the mayor amongst younger people,
but, right now, when it comes to popularity, Tory isn’t starting from the
bottom.”
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.
