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Rob Ford remains popular as Toronto mayor despite crack scandal
Source: Reuters
Rob Ford remains popular as Toronto mayor despite crack scandal
Reuters in Toronto
theguardian.com, Friday 22 November 2013 19.07 GMT
More than 40% of Toronto voters still approve of the job mayor Rob Ford has done, even after he admitted smoking crack cocaine and the city council stripped him of much of his authority.
A Forum Research survey of 1,049 Toronto voters released on Friday showed 42% of respondents approve of the job Ford has been doing as mayor of Canada's largest city. That's down from 44% in a similar poll two weeks ago, but up from 39% in late October, just before Ford admitted he smoked crack cocaine while in office.
Indeed, support for Ford, who has seen much of his authority stripped by city council over the past week, is still comfortably in the 37-49% range that he has polled in over the past two years, Forum said.
The result suggests that Ford could still be competitive in next year's municipal election, though only 33% of those polled said they would vote for him in 2014.
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Reuters in Toronto
theguardian.com, Friday 22 November 2013 19.07 GMT
More than 40% of Toronto voters still approve of the job mayor Rob Ford has done, even after he admitted smoking crack cocaine and the city council stripped him of much of his authority.
A Forum Research survey of 1,049 Toronto voters released on Friday showed 42% of respondents approve of the job Ford has been doing as mayor of Canada's largest city. That's down from 44% in a similar poll two weeks ago, but up from 39% in late October, just before Ford admitted he smoked crack cocaine while in office.
Indeed, support for Ford, who has seen much of his authority stripped by city council over the past week, is still comfortably in the 37-49% range that he has polled in over the past two years, Forum said.
The result suggests that Ford could still be competitive in next year's municipal election, though only 33% of those polled said they would vote for him in 2014.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/rob-ford-canada
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