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Do you approve or disapprove of the way John Tory is handling his job as Mayor?
13%
26%
61%
Male
34%
26%
14%
12%
13%
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Female
37%
24%
14%
12%
12%
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Do you approve or disapprove of the way John Tory is handling his job as Mayor?
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
January
February
March
April
Thinking about the next municipal election in the City of Toronto, if Internet voting
were introduced, how secure do you think internet voting would be?
19%
21%
Very Secure
Somewhat Secure
Somewhat Unsecure
14 %
Very Unsecure
Not Sure
14
31%
15%
SECURE: 50%
UNSECURE: 29%
Male
18%
31%
16%
13%
22%
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Female
20%
32%
14%
14%
20%
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33%
20%
Strongly Approve
Somewhat Approve
Somewhat Disapprove
Strongly Disapprove
Not Sure
17%
22%
NOT SURE: 7%
Male
31%
23%
19%
19%
8%
1066
Female
35%
22%
15%
21%
7%
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There are currently 44 members of the Toronto City Council and there is currently
a review underway to decide upon ward boundaries. This could see the total
number of City Councillors for the City change. Keeping this in mind, do you think
there are too many councilors, not enough councilors, or the right amount of
councilors for Toronto?
41%
48%
10%
Male
48%
10%
42%
1066
Female
49%
10%
41%
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31%
Strongly Approve
Somewhat Approve
Somewhat Disapprove
Strongly Disapprove
Not Sure
21%
13%
25%
Male
32%
25%
12%
21%
10%
1066
Female
30%
24%
14%
20%
11%
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The Ontario government has proposed a shorter campaign period for municipal
elections as a potential reform. Some critics have suggested shorter campaign
periods benet incumbent councilors and make it dicult for challengers to
succeed. Do you approve or disapprove of a shorter campaign period for
municipal elections?
5%
15%
41%
14%
Strongly Approve
Somewhat Approve
Somewhat Disapprove
Strongly Disapprove
Not Sure
26%
NOT SURE: 5%
Male
41%
26%
14%
14%
5%
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Female
40%
26%
14%
16%
4%
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In City of Toronto elections, only citizens can vote. Some have some suggested
giving permanent residents the right to vote in municipal elections since they pay
property taxes and it would foster a greater sense of community. Others are rmly
opposed and believe only Canadian Citizens should vote in elections. Do you
approve or disapprove of extending voting rights in municipal elections to
permanent residents?
7%
Strongly Approve
Somewhat Approve
Somewhat Disapprove
Strongly Disapprove
Not Sure
36%
23%
13%
22%
NOT SURE: 7%
65+
34%
25%
13%
21%
7%
705
Male
34%
24%
13%
23%
6%
1066
Female
39%
20%
13%
22%
7%
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SCRIPT
Thinking about the next municipal election in the City of Toronto, if Internet voting were introduced,
how secure do you think internet voting would be?
- Very Secure
- Somewhat Secure
- Somewhat Unsecure
- Very Unsecure
- Not Sure
And do you approve or disapprove of introducing Internet Voting for Toronto Municipal Elections?
- Strongly Approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not Sure
Currently, there are 44 members of the Toronto City Council and there is a review underway to decide
upon ward boundaries. This could see the total number of City Councillors for the City change. Keeping
this in mind, do you think there are too many councilors, not enough councilors, or the right amount of
councilors for Toronto?
- Too Many
- Not Enough
- Just Right
Ranked- ballot voting, also known as preferential voting, is a voting system in which you select your rst
choice on the ballot, then your second choice and so on. Candidates with the least amount of votes are
eliminated and their votes are reassigned until a candidate has over 50%. Do you approve or disapprove
of ranked-ballot voting?
- Strongly Approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not Sure
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The Ontario government has proposed a shorter campaign period for municipal elections as a potential
reform. Some critics have suggested shorter campaign periods benet incumbent councilors and make
it dicult for challengers to succeed. Do you approve or disapprove of a shorter campaign period for
municipal elections?
- Strongly Approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not Sure
In City of Toronto elections, only citizens can vote. Some have some suggested giving permanent
residents the right to vote in municipal elections since they pay property taxes and it would foster a
greater sense of community. Others are rmly opposed and believe only Canadian Citizens should vote
in elections. Do you approve or disapprove of extending voting rights in municipal elections to
permanent residents?
- Strongly Approve
- Somewhat approve
- Somewhat disapprove
- Strongly disapprove
- Not Sure