The Progressive Conservatives and Doug Ford are headed for another majority government, according toJust under a week into the Ontario election campaign, The Signal has the PCs with 36.2 per cent of the popular vote, followed by Steven Del Duca’s Liberals at 30.1 per cent and Andrea Horwarth and the NDP in third at 25.0 per cent. The Green Party, led by Mike Schreiner, is at 4.7 per cent.
“If the election were held today, the PCs would lose a few seats from where they were in 2018, but we still see them capturing a majority government,” said Vox Pop CEO Clifton van der Linden, who’s also the director of the master of public policy program at McMaster University. “We saw a slight bump for the PCs out of the gate when the election was called … and then sort of a levelling off to the steady state levels that they’ve had throughout the last few months.
Thanks to retirements, byelections and ejections from caucus, the PCs were left with 67 seats when the 2022 campaign started. The NDP had 39 seats, the Liberals seven and the Green Party had one. There were six Independents, as well as the New Blue Party’s Belinda Karahalios and the Ontario Party’s Derek Sloan.
The current Signal prediction would be the thinnest of majorities; 63 seats are required for a majority in the 124-seat legislature.
The Star is headed toward oblivion for making such a prediction when you consider how much the Liberal have gained on the PC's in the last week.
I guess ontarians don't care about Healthcare education or green spaces... its all about cuts and pavements.... Wait till the recession begins and you wish you had services
I have never been asked to poll and I would never vote for D Ford. So how many people does this poll not include
Let’s vote for someone who is not compromised by scandals
Enough with this BS narrative 🤬🤮
GO FORD!!!
Who are they polling Certainly not nurses, doctors, teachers, scientists, odsp recipients, Long term Care families and workers, young families, people in ottawa, so who? NeverVoteConservative
March 31, 2022 ... GOLDSTEIN: Ford spending at faster pace than Wynne, study finds 'Ontario could balance its budget this spring by lowering its spending (levels) to those it inherited.'...
And rates are even higher now, they are more than double what they were under Wynne. People cried about hydro under her, where is the crying and outrage now:. Hydro rates under Wynne compared to Ford:
God help Ontario is Ford the Fraud wins the election. We will be so screwed, it will be worse than it was under big business Harris.
Thank god.
Awesome!
This sucks.
It seems his lack of focus on education lowered the collective province’s IQ.
Havent met a ford voter yet!Must be a ton hiding in the closet!
Progressive Ontarians - dig in. Don’t let this happen.
At this point last election weren’t the OntarioNDP in the lead… and we saw how that turned out. There’s still time to GetItUnDone and get rid of the most incompetent government Ontario has ever seen. It’s not even just the policies…. It’s the delivery… There so terrible.
Disgusting, Ontario. You are better than the Republicans.
I'm certainly not hoping for that. He is as much doctor bullshit as the PM. Says a lot and does absolutely nothing. Let's watch his onion ring of fire around retirement homes fail during the next wave. Or schools closed because they lack adequate ventilation.
Ford has no competition. The other 2 are doing a great job at giving Ford a majority, thank you. Keep up the good work.
That is not what The Signal suggests. The Signal shows Ford is ahead in the polls today. The Signal can’t predict anything.
The Libs blue it forcing kids to be vaccinated .
The only ones who want a Liberal or NDP government are teachers. Liberals and NDP are good for teachers, but disaster for schools, students and the rest of Ontario.
Lord help us😼
No one in their right minds wants another 15 years of Liberals. Ford’s far from perfect, but far better than the alternatives.
tell your people they are wrong he is not getting voted unless he CHEATS
I'm moving to North Korea...
When you divide the left in three parties that is what you get.
l can't believe, it the electorate must of a blood alcohol rating of over.o8 % on a breathlayzer.
This is exactly why I cancelled my subscription to your paper. Blatantly scewed to the right. The wording of this is deceptive. You should retract this.
Toronto star is pro ford more garbage from them
You campaigning? A poll does not predict the future. This headline looks like blatant electoral interference.
Good news!
Such a sad possibility!
We don't want to believe that 37% of Ontarians are that stupid to want this corrupt buffoon to lead the Province for another term Really! Are you kidding me. Liberals and NDP you guys better work this out now,for the sake of the other 73%
Stories and headlines like this, suppress the vote. Is that what you guys are after?
Don’t you dare let this poll deter anyone from voting. Half truths I believe. Much closer in reality. Come out in force. 🗳 Could be a minority Liberal gov’t. I’m voting Liberal & I hope everyone who disapproves of this Doug Ford gov’t does the same. OntarioVotes Ontario ✅
Dear God no, the man does nothing!
Change this headline. Polls don’t predict the future.
Waiting to see a ENT specialist the wait time is so long suffering from the pain but can’t do anything else just waiting
Don't get too ahead of yourselves. Remember the fable, 'The tortoise and the hare'? Or the story, 'The Little Engine That Could'?
Four more years of ‘buck a beer’ politics rather than concrete solutions to improve standards of living in Ontario OntarioVotes onpoli
We’re seen the incompetence of the Ontario liberals and the extremist NDP MPs. Ontario has had enough.
Just horrible & unbelievable. OntarioVotes OntarioElection2022
What is wrong with people? The finding below should be ENOUGH…along with his dismal record of attendance at his job….and his mishandling of every aspect of the pandemic! I guess buying votes works for many. 😢
An update from who? Created for the star by what?
Wouldn't surprise me if it happened. Lots of Liberal and NDP wedge positions will split the vote—Ford will march up the middle and subject us to four more years of 'we were elected to clean up the mess' from his merry band of fools.
Lies