Nevertheless, Forum Research found that 42% of respondents approved of Ford’s job performance in its survey conducted Wednesday, two days after the City Council voted overwhelmingly to gut his authority.
The last Forum poll, conducted a day after Ford’s Nov. 5 admission that he had lied for the previous six months about having smoked crack, showed the mayor had the approval of 44% of respondents. Both showings were typical of the mid- to low-40s percentage points in support expressed in dozens of surveys Forum has conducted since Ford took office in 2010, the Toronto Star reported.
Wednesday’s automated telephone survey of 1,049 Toronto residents also found that 60% approved of the moves to transfer powers of appointment, dismissal, emergency management and finance supervision to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly. And 65% told the pollster that they thought Kelly was doing a good job filling Ford’s shoes.
But less than half of those asked wanted Toronto to hold a referendum on whether Ford should be allowed to remain in office.
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