Tory has seven point lead over Chow in Toronto Mayor race

According to a recent random telephone survey of 600 eligible voters in the City of Toronto conducted by Nanos Research for the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, if an election was held today John Tory (39.1%) currently leads Olivia Chow (32.7%) and Rob Ford (21.7%) among decided voters. None of the other contenders have above 5% of decided votes.

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Toronto - July 7, 2014 - According to a recent random telephone survey of 600 eligible voters in the City of Toronto conducted by Nanos Research for the Ontario Convenience Stores Association, if an election was held today John Tory (39.1%) currently leads Olivia Chow (32.7%) and Rob Ford (21.7%) among decided voters. None of the other contenders have above 5% of decided votes.

The most important issue for Toronto according to residents is public transit (34.8%) followed by high property taxes (17.1%), jobs and the local economy (16.4%), and traffic (14.1%).

John Tory has a marginal advantage over Olivia Chow. For each of the top contenders, the other is the most likely second choice for their existing voters. Also of note, Rob Ford is a distant third with less second choice vote potential than both Tory and Chow.

Rob Ford has little growth potential at this time given that he is not the second preference for many supporters of either of the top two contenders. His current support is higher among young men under 30 and lower among women.

Readers should note that since an election is not being held today, the results cannot be projected to a future vote.