Latest numbers from Abacus data show Ontarians don’t have an appetite for an election
Posted May 17, 2013 7:45 pm.
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The Abacus Data Survey finds the Grits fortunes are turning around and it’s due mainly to the new premier, Kathleen Wynne.
A recent poll finds a dead heat between the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives at 34-percent and the Liberals up six-percent since the end of March.
The power-base behind the Liberals is centralized around Toronto, thus making this bad news for Andrea Horwath and the New Democrats.
The Conservatives are still strong in south western and eastern Ontario and they lead the liberals with men, but Kathleen Wynne has seen a surge in support of women.
“They are not at levels that they were in 2011 during the election, but there is still a path for any of the parties to win an election when it comes,” David Colletto of Abacus Data said of the Conservatives.
Coletto told 680News that the results are not working in Tim Hudak’s favour.
“Not necessarily great news considering all the bad news that the liberals have been having to deal with. So I think for Tim Hudak the struggle remains in Toronto where the progressive conservatives are quite weak.”
The N.D.P is down six-percent since February.
“If I was Andrea Horwath looking at these numbers I would not want an election,” Coletto said. He feels that the New Democrats may want to rethink any plans to bring down the government.
The results from this survey could mean Ontarians won’t be going to the polls any time soon.