This time it is an Ontario provincial poll. I have written off John Tory for a while now - maybe I was wrong.
Liberals: 42%
Progressive Convservatives: 35%
New Democrats: 16%
Greens: 7%
That is a fairly good lead but I would expect that the Liberals and Progressive Conservative support is efficient in their stong grounds (urban vs. rural) and the much talked about 905 is again the battleground. With this:
... Looking at the underlying numbers, Ontarians are split as to whether the province is going in the right direction (38%) or on the wrong track (39%). One half of Ontarians (51%) describe the McGuinty performance as Premier as “average”.
There is a possibiluty that McGuinty could lose his majority if not his government (though I still don't think that is likely).
Comments (5)
Unsure is still beating Tory by 6%
“Asked who would make the best Premier of Ontario, 31% chose McGuinty, followed by unsure at 30%, Tory at 24% , Hampton at 13% and Frank de Jong (Green Party Leader) at 3%.”
Posted by BBS | December 17, 2006 7:56 AM
Posted on December 17, 2006 07:56
This “unsure” guy seems to be pretty popular (1% behind McGuinty!). Perhaps we should get him in.
Posted by James Bow | December 17, 2006 11:13 AM
Posted on December 17, 2006 11:13
I bet that other guy “none of the above” would be popular too. Maybe we should get him to run, too.
Posted by Greg | December 17, 2006 12:05 PM
Posted on December 17, 2006 12:05
If John Tory truly wants to be the second coming of Bill Davis (one of my favourite politicians) and becomes an ardent supporter of public transit including resuming the level of funding for the TTC Bill Davis’s Conservatives were happy to do (oh Network 2011 how I miss you) then I’d vote for him in a heartbeat.
Otherwise he needs more time to get rid of the crazies in his party.
Posted by Wednesday Keller | December 17, 2006 12:31 PM
Posted on December 17, 2006 12:31
What fun is a party without the crazies? That’s like Christmas with no presents or a bar with no booze.
Posted by Chris | December 17, 2006 1:53 PM
Posted on December 17, 2006 13:53