{
  "id": 12528620,
  "title": "Chow’s lead over Bradford narrows to 4 points in Toronto mayoral race, latest poll shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/chows-lead-over-bradford-narrows-to-4-points-in-toronto-mayoral-race",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T02:28:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/06/chows-lead-over-bradford-narrows-to-4-points-in-toronto-mayoral-race-latest-poll-shows/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the Toronto mayoral race, the lead held by Olivia Chow over Brad Bradford has narrowed to a mere four points, according to the latest poll released by Forum Research Inc. This shift in the standings comes after Chris Alexander withdrew from the race, just minutes before advance voting was set to begin. Prior to Alexander's departure, Chow had been leading with a significant 11-point margin, but the margin has since decreased. The most recent poll, conducted through telephone surveys on October 6, revealed that Chow now enjoys the support of 46 percent of voters, compared to Bradford's 42 percent. The remaining 12 percent of respondents indicated they would vote for someone else. The poll, which included 1,604 randomly selected Toronto residents aged 18 and older, carries a margin of error of 2.45 percent, with 95 percent confidence.",
  "summary": "With Chris Alexander no longer in the race to become Toronto’s next mayor, new polling exclusive to CityNews shows that Olivia Chow’s lead over Brad Bradford has narrowed to four points. According to polling released by Forum Research Inc. after Tuesday night’s debate, Chow leads the mayoral race among decided and leaning voters with 46 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Liberal MP Doly Begum endorses Olivia Chow for reelection as mayor of Toronto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/liberal-mp-doly-begum-endorses-olivia-chow-for-reelection-as-mayor-of",
        "published": "2026-10-06T16:28:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}