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Olivia Chow remains the frontrunner in Toronto's mayoral race with 38.1 per cent support, six points ahead of Brad Bradford. Chris Alexander trails in third place, while a significant share of voters remain undecided or open to changing their choices. The leading candidates are also competing over contrasting property tax plans as the election enters its final month.
A new poll suggests Olivia Chow continues to lead the race for Toronto’s top job as the mayoral campaign enters its final month, but the race is far from over.
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Mainstreet Research survey released Friday puts Olivia Chow, centre, at the head of the pack by six points with 38.1 per cent support.
Brad Bradford, left, is in second place with 32.2 per cent support and Chris Alexander, right, is at a distant third with 7.2 per cent support. A new poll suggests Olivia Chow continues to lead the race for Toronto’s top job as the mayoral campaign enters its final month, but the race is far from over. A Mainstreet Research survey released Friday puts Olivia Chow at the head of the pack by six points with 38.1 per cent support.
Brad Bradford is in second place with 32.2 per cent support and Chris Alexander is at a distant third with 7.2 per cent support. The poll, conducted on Sept. 28 and 29, suggests many voters still haven’t made up their minds, Quito Maggi, president and CEO of Mainstreet Research said in a news release.
“The race remains Olivia Chow’s to lose” he said. “With 16 per cent remaining undecided and another 14 per cent saying they might change their minds on how to vote, the next mayor of Toronto is far from certain at this point. "With a new poll showing the mayoral race narrowing, frontrunners Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford are taking aim at each other’s property tax plans. CBC’s Naama Weingarten breaks down how both candidates promise to tackle affordability.
The numbers have shifted since Mainstreet’s last survey conducted between Sept. 14 and 17. That found Chow leading with 38.8 per cent support, Bradford in second with 31.4 per cent and Alexander in third with eight per cent. That poll found 16.8 per cent undecided. About 78 per cent of respondents in the survey released Friday said affordability and the cost of living will play in important role in how they cast their vote.
Forty-four per cent said it was “extremely important” while nearly 34 per cent said it was “very important. ” Breaking it down further, 35 per cent of those surveyed said housing costs including rent and mortgage payments are their biggest affordability concerns. Groceries and other everyday expenses were the biggest affordability concerns of nearly 26 per cent. About three quarters of respondents said that over the past two years, Toronto has become either “much less affordable” or “somewhat less affordable.
” The pollster also asked respondents: if the race came down to Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow, who they would vote for. Chow still leads with 47 per cent support while Bradford had 41 per cent support, with 12 per cent of respondents undecided. Torontonians don't feel safe, despite positive data. Here's how the issue is shaping the city's election raceParticipants of the survey were reached through interactive voice response , interviewed on landlines and cell phones.
The resulting data was weighted to match targets based on the 2021 census. For the total sample, the margin of error is +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The margin is higher for subsamples and totals may not add up to 100 per cent due to rounding, Mainstreet said. Toronto goes to the polls on Oct. 26.
There are 53 candidates running to be mayor. You can find the full list on Shawn Jeffords is a Provincial Affairs Reporter covering Queen's Park for CBC Toronto. He has previously covered Toronto City Hall for CBC and the Ontario Legislature for The Canadian Press. You can reach him by emailing shawn.jeffords@cbc.ca. Doug Ford looms large in Toronto's mayoral race
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