Chow holds strong as front
runner in mayor race
Saunders drops to distant
second
Toronto, May 21st,
2023 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1000 Toronto
residents, Olivia Chow continues to hold the lead in the upcoming mayoral
election with support from 34% of decided and leaning voters. Despite a 2% drop
since the previous week, support for Chow stands nearly three times higher than
for any other candidate.
In second place, support
for Mark Saunders among decided and leaning voters stands at 12%, a drop of 6%
from the previous week. Josh Matlow remains at third with 12% support, up 2%
from the previous week. About 1 in 5 of those surveyed (20%) remain undecided.
2023 Mayoral polling
results to date - The Forum Poll™
|
%
|
Apr 25-26
|
May 6-7
|
May 13
|
May 19
|
+/- in last week
|
|
Olivia
Chow
|
31
|
33
|
36
|
34
|
-2
|
|
Mark
Saunders
|
14
|
14
|
18
|
12
|
-6
|
|
Josh
Matlow
|
15
|
14
|
10
|
12
|
+2
|
|
Mitzie
Hunter
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
0
|
|
Ana
Bailao
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
+2
|
|
Brad
Bradford
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
+1
|
|
Some
other candidate
|
15
|
17
|
14
|
16
|
+2
|
“Chow’s lead remains
untouchable,” said Dr. Lorne Bozinoff, President of Forum Research. “Other
candidates have yet to connect strongly with voters.”
Among those surveyed, the most important issues in the
mayoral election are housing affordability (26%) and the cost of living &
inflation (23%), consistent with the previous week.
The poll was conducted by Forum Research with the results based on an
interactive voice response telephone survey of 1000 randomly selected Toronto
residents over the age of 18, 70% by cellphone and 30% on landlines. The poll
was conducted on May 19th, 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/
