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New poll puts Smitherman and Ford neck and neck

Posted by Derek Flack / October 13, 2010

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A new poll undertaken by Ipsos Reid for Newstalk 1010 puts George Smitherman and Rob Ford in a virtual dead heat in the Toronto mayoral race. The last poll, released approximately two weeks ago had Ford with a five per cent lead over Smitherman, but it would appear that Sarah Thomson's decision to drop out and support the latter's campaign -- not to mention the increased rhetoric that the Smitherman is the only candidate with a chance to beat Ford -- has brought the two candidates pretty much even.

Despite Mayor Miller's endorsement last week, Joe Pantalone's numbers haven't significantly increased. Rocco Rossi's numbers, meanwhile, have dwindled further.

Here are the main results:

  • George Smitherman - 31%
  • Rob Ford - 30%
  • Joe Pantalone - 11%
  • Rocco Rossi - 4%
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bullring / October 13, 2010 at 05:07 pm
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OMG, gravy trains.
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Alex / October 13, 2010 at 05:13 pm
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Anyone else up for the South Park voting episode where "Giant Douche" goes up against "Turd Sandwich"?

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brent southin / October 13, 2010 at 05:33 pm
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Finally people are realizing they don't want a bigot for a mayor!! He does not even know what services the city provides or what part of the budget the city has control of, he is making many promises, billions in surplus, is he goiing to close all the libraries, recreation centres, tell us the truth Rob
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Mike W replying to a comment from brent southin / October 13, 2010 at 05:51 pm
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Are you sure someone didn't vaguely mention he'd establish death panels too?

Smitherman supporters will be quick to point out how useless/unreliable polls are judging by the posts over the last few weeks.
Any minute now...
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Daniel / October 13, 2010 at 07:23 pm
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doesnt matter...working class people dont have time to answer polls. on october 26, you will be calling rob ford mayor.
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picard102 / October 13, 2010 at 07:35 pm
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Good news Toronto, now we have two horrible possible outcomes.
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Jacob replying to a comment from bullring / October 13, 2010 at 09:17 pm
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This is a safety issue! Just imagine the public risk if one of those gravy trains derails! People will be scalded with boiling-hot gravy! What will Swiss Chalet do?!
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Diego replying to a comment from Daniel / October 14, 2010 at 03:03 am
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HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yes. That's totally it.
"Rob Ford supporters are too busy to tell people who they're voting for but are not to busy to go through the process of going out and actually voting." - You
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Alex / October 14, 2010 at 08:34 am
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How can people vote for a person whose only achievement was wasting (according to Attorney General) of 1 billion of taxpayers money. How much will he waste as a mayor of Toronto?
Even Miller may be better than him.
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JR / October 14, 2010 at 08:57 am
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Pants needs to drop out. Stick a fork in him. He's done.
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robfordturkey / October 14, 2010 at 11:09 am
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I found this site that describes what happened when someone mentioned Rob Ford's name at a Thanksgiving dinner in Toronto - seems like what might happen to our city if Ford gets in: http://robfordturkey.wordpress.com/
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Daryl Fritz replying to a comment from Alex / October 14, 2010 at 11:19 am
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I voted for Turd Sandwich
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Mike W replying to a comment from robfordturkey / October 14, 2010 at 11:37 am
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Stop spamming your blog, no one cares.
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robfordturkey replying to a comment from Mike W / October 14, 2010 at 12:20 pm
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It appears they do care - 71 % of visitors to the blog say that Rob Ford ruined their Thanksgiving Turkey dinner - about the same percentage of Toronto's electorate that will not be voting for Rob Ford.
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