Ipsos Reid Poll: Joe Pantalone

Sarah Thomson Dept: The Ipsos Reid poll conducted for Newstalk1010, Global News and the National Post confirms what those with their ear to the ground have been saying for weeks: Ford has momentum. Last winter, polls showed him well behind Mr. Smitherman. In June, the two were neck in neck. Now, if the new poll is accurate the sample is on the small side , he is a solid 11 points ahead, according to Globe And Mail. To Mr. Ford’s growing ranks of supporters, it doesn’t seem to matter that he as much as called for a halt to immigration to Canada’s most multicultural city. It doesn’t seem to matter that the man who bills himself as a plain-spoken straight shooter was evasive about a 1999 pot and drunk-driving bust. It doesn’t seem to matter that a candidate who calls City Hall corrupt has just been called to account for breaking integrity rules and a new poll suggests he has the support of 32 per cent of voters, leaving behind second-place George Smitherman, who has 21 per cent, and drawing streets ahead of Sarah Thomson 10 per cent , Joe Pantalone 9 and Rocco Rossi 7 . What is most amazing – appalling might be a better word – is that the poll was taken after a week of controversy around his bid for the mayoralty. As reported in the news.
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