Support for Rob Ford is surging: poll
Posted August 28, 2014 6:33 am.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – The latest poll in Toronto’s mayoral campaign sees Rob Ford gaining ground for the first time in months and outpacing the other candidates.
Ford sits in second place with 31 per cent of support behind front-runner John Tory who netted 34 per cent.
The results of the Forum Research poll may come as a surprise to candidates who had counted Ford out of the race. During the mayor’s rehab stint, his polling numbers were as low as 20 per cent.
But Ford was the only candidate to gain ground in this poll, earning six percentage points since early August. Tory and David Soknacki dropped one per cent while once front-runner Olivia Chow lost two percentage points.
Chow slumped to third with 23 per cent. Soknacki has four per cent.
The municipal election is on Oct. 27.
