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Poll Position: With A Few Days to Go, Ford Takes A Lead

By David Topping

Among decided voters:

STILL UNDECIDED: 15.9%
POLL TAKEN: October 13–21.
SAMPLE SIZE: 507.
MARGIN OF ERROR: +/-4.4%, 19 times out of 20.
CONDUCTED BY: EKOS Research.
NOTES: Other recent polls have put Rob Ford and George Smitherman much closer to one-another than this one does—the two front-runners are 8.3% apart, which EKOS says “point[s] to Mr. Ford as the probable victor” of the Monday municipal election. That’s a win, according to the poll results, that would have been supported by older, less well-educated voters, and, surprisingly, those born outside Canada. The details of the poll are on EKOS’ site and on CBC’s Inside Politics blog. One methodological trick especially worthy of note: the phone survey sampled not only those with land lines, but those with cellphones as well.
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  • http://undefined Mr. Palmer

    omg,no. Does anyone else see this asteroid?

  • http://undefined StagedAndConfused

    This is a robocalling poll. Inevitably, it only calls households with landlines and favours older demographics. Many downtown dwellers forgo home phones and are omitted from phone polls – especially automated ones – as a result.

  • http://undefined avp77

    You didn`t even read the whole post, did you? What you’re talking about is directly addressed and contradicted in the text.

  • http://www.torontoist.com David Topping

    Thank you.

  • http://undefined StagedAndConfused

    It was very early, mea culpa. I had just read The Star article as well where it wasn’t addressed.