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Tory remains top choice for mayor
42 percent would vote for John Tory if
he were running
Toronto
May 8th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The
Forum Poll™ among 2000 Toronto residents,
among those decided and leaning 42% would vote for John Tory if he were running
for mayor in the upcoming election, compared to 21% for Oliva Chow and 9% for
Josh Matlow.
Compared
to the previous week, support for Tory’s hypothetical candidacy dropped by 2%,
while support for Chow increased 3%.
2023 Mayoral polling results to date - The Forum Poll
|
%
|
Apr 25-26
|
May 6-7
|
+/-
|
|
John Tory
|
44
|
42
|
-2
|
|
Olivia Chow
|
18
|
21
|
+3
|
|
Josh Matlow
|
10
|
9
|
-1
|
|
Mark Saunders
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
|
Ana Bailao
|
4
|
3
|
-1
|
|
Mitzie Hunter
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
|
Brad Bradford
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
|
Some other candidate
|
10
|
11
|
+1
|
“Despite
resigning, John Tory maintains significant popularity among voters,” said Dr.
Lorne Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “Torontonians seem to be open to
his return to the position of mayor.”
The poll was conducted by
Forum Research with the results based on an interactive voice response
telephone survey of 2000 randomly selected Toronto residents over the age of 18,
72% by cellphone and 28% on landlines. The poll was conducted from May 6th
to May 7th, 2023. Results based on the total sample are considered
accurate +/- 2%, 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/
