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   Anybody-but-Ford movement grows in Ontar   
   13 May 18 17:48:00   
   
   A B F. . . .   to the point of switching party allegiance to ensure he doesn't   
   get in.   
   That's serious stuff.   So is talk of a coalition between the Liberals and NDP   
   to keep him from doing Ontario harm.   
   _______________________________   
      
   Anybody-but-Ford movement is percolating as June 7 election nears: poll   
      
   Swaths of Liberal and NDP voters most firmly opposed to Doug Ford are   
   preparing to switch allegiance if the other party appears to have a better   
   chance of stopping his Progressive Conservatives, the survey finds.   
      
      
   An anybody-but-Ford movement is percolating as the June 7 election draws   
   closer, with Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals at the biggest risk of being left   
   behind, suggests a poll provided to the Star.   
      
   Swaths of Liberal and NDP voters most firmly opposed to Doug Ford are   
   preparing to switch allegiance if the other party appears to have a better   
   chance of stopping his Progressive Conservatives, said Craig Worden, president   
   of Pollara Strategic Insights.   
      
   The likelihood is stronger in Toronto than in the rest of the province and is   
   a red flag to the Liberals because they have a higher percentage of voters   
   motivated mainly by anti-Ford sentiments than Andrea Horwath’s New   
   Democrats, Worden added.   
      
   A further breakdown of the results shows that province-wide, 60 per cent of   
   NDP voters motivated to back Horwath by their opposition to Ford said they are   
   likely to switch to the Liberals if necessary, while 78 per cent of Liberal   
   voters were ready to    
   back New Democrat candidates.   
      
   The percentages are higher in the province’s largest city.   
      
   “It really stood out that, in Toronto, (of) the anti-Ford voters who are   
   Liberals, 84 per cent said they’re likely to switch to the NDP if it means   
   they look like they’re going to be the most likely to stop Doug Ford,”   
   Worden said.   
      
   “And 92 per cent of the NDP feel the same.  But the thing is, the Liberals   
   have a bigger chunk of voters who are anti-Ford than the NDP.”   
      
   More:   
   https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/10/anybody-but-f   
   rd-movement-is-percolating-as-june-7-election-nears-poll.html   
      
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