With Ontarians hitting the polls today, the election will not only determine the province’s next premier, but also the political fates of all the party leaders.
Steven Del Duca, for example, has said that regardless of tonight’s election results, he will stay on as Liberal leader. But despite his intentions, it will likely be his party’s showing — and his own battle within his riding — that may very well determine whether he remains at the helm.
The election no one cared about.
The Ford PCs have 38.8 per cent support among decided voters, according to a new poll conducted between Sunday and Tuesday for CP24 and CTV News by Nanos Research.
Meanwhile, the Liberals have 26.3 per cent support and the NDP have 24.7 per cent support.
OTTAWA — With just a day to go in the Ontario election campaign, the most unlikeliest of cities is locked in a near-statistical three-way tie over who should form the province’s next government.
Toronto is fecked.
… Remember when you go into the polling booth that Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca was with former premier Kathleen Wynne every step of the way as she inflicted misery on Ontarians.
The election no one cares about.
With just two days of campaigning left until Thursday’s election in Ontario, the Liberal and New Democrat campaigns are coming to grips with the reality that only two scenarios could realistically play out on Thursday night: either Doug Ford wins another majority or he and his PC Party fall just a few seats short.
All reputable Ontario polling aggregator sites — including the CBC Ontario Poll Tracker, the Signal by Vox Pop Labs for the Toronto Star, and the iPolitics/Mainstreet Research election dashboard — are forecasting a Progressive Conservative majority as the most likely outcome.
Elections Ontario has released preliminary figures on how many Ontarians cast their ballot during advance polls for the 2022 Ontario election.
It indicated that in the 10-day period for advance polls, there were 1,066,545 votes representing about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters.
For comparison, in the 2018 provincial election, when there were five days of advance polling, 698,609 cast a ballot representing 6.8 per cent of the eligible population.
That’s an interesting increase in early voter turnout.
With less than a week to go before election day, a new poll has found four in 10 Ontarians think Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford would make the best premier for the province.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News found that 40 per cent of respondents said Doug Ford is the best person for the job, marking a one point drop from earlier this month.
Ford surges as Ontario Liberals continue to lose confidence in Del Duca: poll
… Wednesday’s latest Postmedia/Leger poll suggests the lead enjoyed by the Tories throughout the campaign remains strong, with 38 per cent of respondents intending to vote PC.
Steven Del Duca’s Liberals dropped from 28 to 26 per cent from last week, with the NDP increasing by one to 24 per cent.
Michael Taube: The incredible political metamorphosis of Doug Ford
… In a 12-year span, Ford has transformed himself from a behind-the-scenes businessman to reluctant politician to controversial municipal city councillor/mayoral candidate to unexpected Ontario premier to one of Canada’s most successful Conservative politicians.
Ontario Liberal candidate Granville Anderson has said there is a “silver lining” to record high gas prices – namely, that it may “take…pollutants off the road” and force people to find alternate modes of transportation.
Just nine days remain in the Ontario election campaign, not a lot of time for the race to shift dramatically, but Liberal and NDP strategists claim it’s enough time.
Both those parties hoped that they would have definitively left the other in the dust by this point in the campaign, and sitting within clear striking distance of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives.
It hasn’t worked out that way. The story of the race so far is how little has changed since the campaign period officially began nearly three weeks ago.
It’s easy to forget there is an election.
If the election were to be held tomorrow, 38 per cent of decided voters would vote for Doug Ford and the PCs. A total of 28 per cent of decided voters would choose Steven Del Duca’s Liberal Party and 23 per cent said they would vote for the Ontario NDP and Andrea Horwath, the poll indicated.
Sleepwalk.
With 11 days to go before the June 2 Ontario election, Premier Doug Ford’s formula for winning a second majority government is that Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath are attacking each other, while Ford isn’t attacking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
ITEM: A wealthy member of the Toronto Maple Leafs is the victim of a shocking carjacking.
ITEM: A smaller Ontario town is being ravaged by a drug-fueled homicide epidemic.
ITEM: A young girl’s body is found in a dumpster in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighborhoods; another child’s body is discovered floating in the Grand River.
This is truly the quietest election in some time.
Mayor John Tory is asking his federal and provincial government counterparts for help as the city deals with a rash of violent carcjackings that he has likened to a “plague.”
The latest string of carjackings occurred Wednesday night when three separate victims had their vehicles stolen at gunpoint in the span of only two hours.
For Guy Lem, the pandemic made all the difference.
A self-described “die-hard” conservative voter, he tells the National Post questions over how Ontario’s government handled the pandemic shook his confidence in both the Progressive Conservative party and Premier Doug Ford’s commitment to the conservative cause.
