Days after Ontario’s election officially began, a new poll shows support for Doug Ford’s Conservatives might be slipping..A new Leger/Postmedia poll found the Ontario Liberals have broken away from their seemingly perpetual tie with the New Democrats, rising to 29% support compared to the Conservatives at 36%. The Green Party came in fourth with 5% support, followed by the New Blue party at 2%, and all others sitting at 3%..Leger’s Andrew Enns said he was interested to find half of the respondents said they weren’t sure who they'd vote for..“That’s a little on the high side. For the strategists in the back room, that’s where the campaigns really become important,” Enns said..Of the voters who have made up their minds, 59% chose the Tories, 45% are committed to voting for the NDP, 34 per cent said they would support the Liberals, and 27% intend to vote for the Greens..When respondents were asked who they thought would win the election, 45% believed Doug Ford would win re-election, 15% thought Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca would win, 15% had faith NDP Leader Andrea Horwath would succeed, and 28% said they were not sure..“Whether they’re truly undecided at this time, or they’re voting for a party, but lukewarm in their support for that party, the launch and these few early weeks will be important as people start to tune in and start to give serious thought about what they’re going to do,” Enns said..The majority, 60% of those polled, were following the election closely. Conservative voters were the most engaged at 72%, followed by 70% of NDP supporters, 61% of Liberals, and 39% of Greens..Horwath was tied with Ford for most favourable leaders last month, but she has since pulled ahead to 41% support to the Conservative leader’s 39%. Del Duca’s favourability increased from 27% to 31%, while Green Leader Mike Schreiner remains at 20%..All party leaders are more unfavourable than favourable, with 53% having an unfavourable opinion of Ford, 42% for Horwath and Del Duca, and 36% for Schreiner..The polling also found 52% of respondents said they’re unhappy with the Ford government, and only 22% approved of last week’s pre-election provincial budget..The Leger poll was conducted from April 29 to May 2 using 1,000 randomly selected eligible Ontario voters..The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1%, or 19 times out of 20.
