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Wynne`s Policies
Most Well Known
What Brown and Horwath stand for not
particularly well known
Toronto, June 19th
– In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among
1003 Ontario voters, more than 4-in-10 (41%: TOP2) say they would be very
confident if asked to explain what issues are most important to Kathleen Wynne,
while the same proportion (40%: BTM 2) say they would not be able to do so.
Respondents most
likely to say they are at least very confident (TOP2) in their explanation of
what issues are most important to Kathleen Wynne include those aged 34 and
younger (45%), 35-44 (47%), males (44%), earning $80,000-$100,000 (60%), living
in Eastern Ontario (41%), Toronto (44%), or Northeastern Ontario (43%), and
with a post-graduate degree (52%).
Respondents least
likely to be confident in their explanation of what issues are important to
Kathleen Wynne (BTM2) include those aged 65+ (47%), the least wealthy (55%),
living in Eastern Ontario (42%), the 905 (40%), or Northeastern Ontario (41%),
and the least educated (58%).
Brown`s policies poorly known
Fewer than a third
(30%: TOP2) of voters say they would be at least very confident if asked to
explain what issues are most important to Patrick Brown. Almost half (45%: BTM
2) say they would not be able to do so.
Respondents most
likely to say they are at least very confident in their explanation of what
issues are most important to Patrick Brown (TOP 2) include those aged 34 and
younger (31%), 35-44 (33%), or 45-54 (34%), males (36%), and living in
Southwestern Ontario (33%) or Northwestern Ontario (35%).
Respondents least
likely to be confident in their explanation of what issues are important to
Patrick Brown (BTM 2) include those aged 35-44 (49%), 55-64 (47%), or 65+ (47%),
females (47%), earning $40,000-$60,000 (51%), living in Toronto (51%), and with
a post-graduate degree (49%).
Horwath`s positions not better known
than Brown`s
Just over a quarter
of voters (28%: TOP2) say they would be at least very
confident if asked to explain what issues are most important to Andrea Horwath.
Almost half (44%: BTM2) say they would not be able to do so.
Respondents
most likely to say they are very confident in their explanation of what issues
are most important to Andrea Horwath (TOP 2) include those aged
35-44
(33%) or 45-54 (31%), living in Northwestern Ontario (43%), and with some
college or university (43%).
Respondents
least likely to be confident in their explanation of what issues are important
to Andrea Horwath (BTM 2) include those earning $60,000-$80,000 (51%), living
in Southwestern Ontario (51%), and the least educated (54%).
“A
large proportion aren’t very knowledgeable about what opposition leaders Andrea
Horwath or Patrick Brown stand for. A lot more people know what is important to
Kathleen Wynne, and perhaps that’s something she can exploit,” said Dr. Lorne
Bozinoff, President of Forum Research.
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.
