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Poll: Crombie is the top choice among Liberal leadership hopefuls

In an online poll this week, readers thought that Bonnie Crombie was the Ontario Liberals' best choice to lead their party by an overwhelming margin
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Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie taking part in the leaders debate in Thunder Bay

In an online poll this week, readers thought that Bonnie Crombie was the Ontario Liberals' best choice to lead their party by an overwhelming margin.

The results dovetail with traditional polls showing Crombie strongly in the lead, and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith a fairly distant second. 

Members of the provincial party will vote for its next leader on the last weekend in November. Results will be announced December 2. The party said in September that over 80,000 members were eligible to vote. 

PCs were, relatively, less enthusiastic about Crombie:

Levels of support for Crombie are clearly connected to age:

But women and men have essentially no difference:



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