Chow strengthens lead in mayor race

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Chow strengthens lead in mayor race

No momentum among remaining candidates

Toronto, June 4th, 2023 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll among 1032 Toronto residents, support for frontrunner Olivia Chow rose four percent over the last week among decided and leaning voters. Mark Saunders (13%) and Josh Matlow (12%) remain in second and third place. Among all poll respondents, just under 1 in 5 (19%) remain undecided. The election will take place on June 26th, 2023.

 

2023 Mayoral polling results to date - The Forum Poll (Decided/Leaning Voters)

%

Apr 25-26

May 6-7

May 13

May 19

May 26

June 2

+/- in last week

Olivia Chow

31

33

36

34

34

38

+4

Mark Saunders

14

14

18

12

14

13

-1

Josh Matlow

15

14

10

12

12

12

0

Anthony Furey

-

-

-

-

9

10

+1

Ana Bailao

10

7

7

9

9

8

-1

Mitzie Hunter

7

8

10

10

9

7

-2

Brad Bradford

8

7

6

7

5

5

0

Some other candidate

15

17

14

16

8

8

0

 

“Chow is breaking ahead from the rest,” said Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “It may be tough for anyone else to catch up.”

 

Among those surveyed, the most important issues in the mayoral election are housing affordability (25%) and the cost of living & inflation (20%), consistent with the previous week.                  

The poll was conducted by Forum Research with the results based on an interactive voice response telephone survey of 1032 randomly selected Toronto residents over the age of 18, 75% by cellphone and 25% on landlines. The poll was conducted on June 2nd, 2023. Results based on the total sample are considered accurate +/- 3%, 19 times out of 20. Subsample and regional results will be less accurate. Margins of error for subsample results are available at www.forumresearch.com/samplestim.asp. This research is not necessarily predictive of future outcomes, but rather captures opinion at one point in time.

With offices across Canada and around the world, 100% Canadian owned Forum Research is one of the country’s leading survey research firms.

Forum Research follows the CRIC Public Opinion Research Standards and Disclosure Requirements that can be found here: https://canadianresearchinsightscouncil.ca/standards/