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Politics Survey

Ontario Election Debate Viewers Say McGuinty Wins Debate (33%) Over Horwath (29%) Bests Hudak (25%)

While McGuinty Continues to be Person Who Sounds and Acts Most Like a Premier, Impressions of Horwath Skyrocket, Seen as Leader with Best Policies, Most Likable
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Heading into Debate, One in Three (34%) Think McGuinty will Win, Placing Ahead of Hudak (24%) and Horwath (14%), But Three in Ten (28%) Unsure of Who will Win

Ontarians Deadlocked on Leader They Think Offers Best Ideas and Policies (30% Hudak, 30% McGuinty, 25% Horwath, 14% Don't Know)
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Half (49%) of Ontarians Say They're Likely to Watch the Debate as Majority (53%) Agrees Leader's Debate Most Important Part of Campaign

Six in Ten (59%) Say Leader's Debate Matters to Them, One in Three (34%) Agree They've Changed Their Vote as a Result of a
Previous Leader's Debate
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Ford Nation Little Help for Tories as Most (53%) Say Ford Being Mayor of Toronto Makes them Less Likely to Vote for the PCs in the Provincial Election, Just 9% More Likely

Momentum With Horwath as Impression Improves During
Campaign (+17), Hudak (-15) and McGuinty (-12) Falter,
Horwath (37%) Party Leader Ontarians Most
Want to Have Over for a Barbecue
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Six in Ten (62%) Ontarians Agree Party Leaders Talking about the Issues that Matter to Them

Economy and Jobs (35%), Healthcare (16%) Named as Most Important Issues, McGuinty Leads on Both,
Taxes (15%) in Third Place with Hudak Leading on Issue
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Liberal Leader McGuinty Reclaims Top Spot as the Party Leader Who Would Make the Best Premier (39%), PC Leader Hudak Falls to Second Place (31%)

Two in Three (63%) Believe Ontario is On the Right Track (Up 12 Points since Last Month), Four in Ten (40%) Say McGuinty Government Deserves Re-Election (Up 6 Points)
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Neck and Neck:
After First Week of Ontario Election Campaigning
McGuinty Liberals (38%) and Hudak PCs (37%) Tied with NDP Trailing (24%)

While Grits Have Regional Gains at Expense of PCs, Edge Currently Goes to Tories Because their Supporters are More Certain of Choice and Committed to Get Out and Vote
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Ten Years After 9/11, Eight in Ten (82%) Canadians Feel Safe from Potential Terrorist Attacks When Flying

However, Two in Ten (16%) `Less Likely' to Travel
Abroad Since 9/11