Tory’s approval up
Two-thirds
approve of Ford’s withdrawal
Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public
opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, more than half (58%)
say they approve of the job John Tory is doing as mayor. Just over one-quarter
(28%) say they disapprove, with one-sixth (14%) saying they do not know.
Tory’s approval is up 5 points since November (Nov 24: 53%) but his
disapproval is effectively unchanged (Nov 24: 30%), as is the proportion of
those that say they do not know (Nov 24: 16%).
Respondents most likely to say they approve of Tory include those
aged 55-64 (65%) or 65+ (67%), the most wealthy (66%), with a
college/university degree (60%) or a post-graduate degree (63%), living
downtown (62%), or in North York (61%) or East York (n=88) (61%), and
supporting the Liberals (67%).
Respondents most likely to say they disapprove of Tory include those
aged 34 and younger (31%), 35-44 (30%), or 45-54 (28%), males (34%), with some
college/university (32%), living in Etobicoke (39%), and supporting the PCs
(38%).
Half
strongly approve of Ford’s withdrawal
Two-thirds (TOP2: 63%) say they approve of Ford’s withdrawal from
the mayor’s race, with half (50%) saying they approve strongly.
One-sixth (15%) say they disapprove, with about half of those doing so strongly
(7%).
2 in 10 (19%) say they neither approve nor disapprove.
Respondents most likely to
say they approve (TOP2) of Ford’s withdrawal include those aged 65+ (72%), the
most wealthy (69%), with a post-graduate degree (74%), living in East York
(n=88)(72%), and supporting the Liberals (72%) or NDP (74%).
Respondents most likely to
disapprove include those aged 34 and younger (16%) or 35-44 (18%), males (18%),
earning $80,000-$100,000 (24%), the least educated (19%) or with some
college/university (21%), living in Etobicoke (17%) or York (n=60)(18%) and
supporting the PCs (18%).
“A strong majority of
Torontonians are pleased with Doug Ford’s withdrawal from the mayor’s race,” said
Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “Consequently, Tory’s approval
has ticked upward to it’s highest level in some time.”
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.
