The polling firm Forum Research has done a telephone survey that shows the potent appeal of Olivia Chow and John Tory in the voting for mayor. Chow has yet to enter the race but she is widely expected to do so. If she did, the poll shows the support levels at this date would yield a tie between Chow and Mayor Ford at 31 percent. John Tory would receive 27 percent of the support in this context. Without Chow in the mix, the phone poll showed Tory at 39 percent and Ford at 33 percent. Karen Stintz received 15 percent and David Soknacki had 5 percent. The poll spoke to 1,310 residents and the pollster says the result indicate that both Chow and Tory have great potential to improve their support in the many months before the October election. In a three-way race without Stintz and Soknacki, there was a statistical tie: Tory had 33 per cent, Ford and Chow 32 per cent.
