John Tory is a clear favourite for mayor

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/11/03/11622146.html

A new Angus Reid poll has found former PC leader and once-mayoral hopeful John Tory is the clear favourite so far at 46% among would-be candidates to run for Toronto Mayor next year.

The poll, which contacted more than 500 Toronto residents, found Tory placed 25 percentage points higher than Deputy Premier George Smitherman.

Neither has declared their intention to run, but both has said they are thinking about it.

Glen Murray, the former Mayor of Winnipeg, who has also expressed an interest in running, placed fourth with 8% support behind Councillor Adam Giambrone, who received 14% among the possible contenders.

Councillors Denzil Minnan-Wong, Michael Thompson, and Giorgio Mammoliti each received 3%, 2%, and 1% respectively.

Only Mammoliti has said he is planning to run for Mayor in next year's municipal election next October.

The poll also found 51% of respondents think outgoing Mayor David Miller will not leave a positive legacy, and 43% think Miller has made the city worse since coming to power in 2003.

Nearly 50% of all respondents said they were still undecided about who, of the would-be candidates floated so far, they would vote for in 2010.