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Chow’s lead unchanged in latest mayoral
poll
Slight gain for Saunders, status quo for
Matlow
Toronto, May 28th,
2023 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1007 Toronto residents,
Olivia Chow retains her edge over rivals in the upcoming mayoral election with
support from 34% of decided and leaning voters. Mark Saunders (14%) and Josh
Matlow (12%) remain in second and third place, with the only change from last
week being an improvement of 2% in Saunders’ support among decided and leaning
voters. Among all poll respondents, just over 1 in 5 (21%) remain undecided.
The election will take place on June 26th.
2023 Mayoral polling results
to date - The Forum Poll™ (Decided/Leaning Voters)
|
%
|
Apr 25-26
|
May 6-7
|
May 13
|
May 19
|
May 26
|
+/- in last week
|
|
Olivia Chow
|
31
|
33
|
36
|
34
|
34
|
0
|
|
Mark Saunders
|
14
|
14
|
18
|
12
|
14
|
+2
|
|
Josh Matlow
|
15
|
14
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
0
|
|
Mitzie Hunter
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
9
|
-1
|
|
Anthony Furey
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
N/A
|
|
Ana Bailao
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
|
Brad Bradford
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
-2
|
|
Some other candidate
|
15
|
17
|
14
|
16
|
8
|
-8
|
“We’re now seeing five weeks of
fairly consistent results among the top three candidates,” said Dr. Lorne
Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “However, with a month left in the
campaign, there’s still time for surprises.”
Among those surveyed, the most
important issues in the mayoral election are housing affordability (26%) and
the cost of living & inflation (22%), consistent with the previous week.
The poll was conducted by Forum Research with the results based on an
interactive voice response telephone survey of 1007 randomly selected Toronto
residents over the age of 18, 73% by cellphone and 27% on landlines. The poll
was conducted on May 26th, 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/
