StatGeek
Active Member
Some of us have a conspiracy theory that Forum is showing Doug at 30 plus to scare us into voting Tory. Confirm or Deny.
I just can never bring myself that an established polling company would fudge their numbers to help a candidate. I see the total destruction online Ipsos got recently with their faulty polling, I can't see anybody want to bring that to themselves on purpose. It might be a faulty formula or focusing on the wrong thing (ie likely voters emphasis during the provincial election) Now the "write ups" they do, that can be BS. Because I have seen Rob Ford and the mayor of Brampton literally having the SAME numbers but Ford's write up by Forum was "Ford holding steady" while Brampton mayor was "Fennell in trouble!!" The numbers are accurate the analysis is fudged. As for the new/unknown polling companies, that's more iffy.
In hindsight, I don't think it was that farfetched to see Doug polling higher than Rob. Rob comes with much more baggage as far as the public is concerned. Doug is perceived as Rob without the drugs and scandals, and the Ford's sentiment is well supported in the burbs. I bet most of this rise comes from immigrant families from backgrounds that don't approve of Rob's personal life.
I don't know about that, I heard a few people who said they at least sympathies with Rob some. The guy a junkie, he couldn't help himself. But "sober Doug" was just as aggressive as "junkie Rob" claiming Rob's innocence. So Doug was doing that all with a "clear mind". So he was either lying (duh) to everybody to defend his brother at the expense of the city (and even his brother) or Doug was so f*ckn clueless that 70% of the city, hell people all over the world could tell Rob is messed up but his own brother couldn't figure out? Either of those scenarios show that Doug can be viewed even worse than Rob (who deserves to be viewed very lowly )