Wow.  What a relief from the mortifying thought of a Doug Ford government.   
   I'm sure we'd settle for a minority government - with support from the   
   Liberals.   
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   by News staff - Posted May 25, 2018   
      
      
   NDP heading towards majority in Ontario election: poll   
      
   With two weeks to go until the Ontario election, a new poll suggests if the   
   vote were held today, the NDP could form a majority government.   
      
   The Forum Research poll, which was released on Friday, said almost half of   
   Ontarions — 47 per cent — would support the NDP.  Thirty-three percent of   
   respondents said they would support the PCs, while 14 per cent said they would   
   back the Liberals.     
   Around four per cent said they would back the Greens or another party.   
      
   “If the election were held today, we project these results would see an NDP   
   majority government with 79 seats,” Forum said in a release.   
      
   The PCs would be the Official Opposition with 40 seats, but the Liberals would   
   receive only five seats — not enough seats to hang on to official party   
   status in the legislature.   
      
   Right now, there are 107 seats at Queen’s Park, but that will rise to 122   
   seats in the 2018 election.  Parties need eight seats to maintain official   
   party status in Ontario.   
      
   Last year, a previous Forum poll also found that the Liberals could be   
   decimated in the election.  At that time, Forum president Lorne Bozinoff said   
   with just over a year to election day, Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals   
   faced a tough task in    
   reversing their polling numbers.   
      
   As the NDP continues to gain voter support, thirty-three per cent of   
   respondents also said its leader Andrea Horwath would make the best premier.    
   PC Leader Doug Ford is not far behind at 30 per cent. In comparison, only 15   
   per cent saw Wynne as the best    
   premier.  Around 13 per cent said none of the leaders would be best-suited.   
      
   The Forum poll surveyed 906 Ontario voters by telephone on May 23.  The poll   
   is considered accurate plus or minus three per cent, 19 times out of 20.  Read   
   the complete poll results below.   
      
      
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