Poll Position: With Rocco Rossi Out, Rob Ford Goes Up

By David Topping

Among decided voters:

• Rob Ford: 44%
• George Smitherman: 38%
• Joe Pantalone: 16%
• others: 2%

STILL UNDECIDED: 16%.
POLL TAKEN: On the night of Thursday, October 14, after Rocco Rossi dropped out of the race.
SAMPLE SIZE: 700.
MARGIN OF ERROR: +/- 4%, 19 times out of 20.
CONDUCTED BY: Forum Research, independently.
NOTES: Rob Ford’s lead, which an Ipsos-Reid poll had suggested had evaporated, is back—if still marginal. (As with all polls, however, it also means nothing.) The Globe and Mail and National Post have more details.
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