Doug Ford a close second for mayor of Toronto: poll
Posted Sep 13, 2014 3:26 pm.
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Now that Doug Ford has taken brother Rob’s place in the race to become mayor of Toronto, the first measurement of his chances has been published.
The new survey done for CityNews and the Toronto Star puts Doug Ford in second spot behind frontrunner John Tory in the Toronto mayoralty race.
This is the first test since Rob Ford dropped out of the mayor’s race and Doug Ford jumped in.
Doug Ford is sitting at 34 per cent, a gain of six points from the last poll when his brother was still running for mayor.
John Tory remains the frontrunner, up one point to 41 per cent support.
Lorne Bozinoff, president and CEO or Forum Research, said right now it is Tory’s race to lose.
“Tory has got to defend himself right now as a front runner, he’ll be the target of attack,” he said. “Doug Ford had got to make up those seven points that he is behind and actually get past John Tory, we don’t know how good a campaigner Doug Ford is, especially for mayor, compared to his brother, so this is a big race.”
Rob Ford remains in hospital diagnosed with a tumour.
Biopsy results are expected in the next few days.
The Ford brothers have essentially switched places in their campaigns as Rob Ford will run for council and Doug Ford is running for mayor.
