Kennedy Stewart is currently leading Vancouver mayoral race (POLL)

Sep 19 2018, 11:56 pm

With just over a month to go before Vancouverites elect their new mayor, the absence of a contender from the governing Vision Vancouver party appears to have benefited independent candidate Kennedy Stewart, a new Research Co. poll has found.

In the online survey of a representative sample of city of Vancouver residents, 36% of decided voters say they will vote for Stewart in next month’s election.

This is an increase of 11 points for Kennedy since the last Research Co. poll conducted on the subject back in July.

Kennedy Stewart

Kennedy Stewart announced his run for mayor at the Vancouver Lookout earlier this summer.
(Eric Zimmer/Daily Hive)

By comparison, NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim is in second place with 25% support, followed by independent candidate Shauna Sylvester with 17%.

Behind Sylvester is the candidate for the newly-formed YES Vancouver party, Hector Bremner with 7% support, and David Chen of ProVancouver with 4%. Rounding out the list is Wai Young of Coalition Vancouver (3%), Fred Harding of Vancouver First (3%) and Connie Fogal of Idea Vancouver (2%).

The level of undecided voters in the city of Vancouver stands at 31% this month.

The survey was conducted after the final list of mayoral candidates was released by the city on September 14.

Vision Vancouver mayoral contender Ian Campbell—who had the support of 18% of decided voters in July—withdrew from the race on September 10.

Stewart holds a 23-point lead over Sim among female decided voters (44% to 21%), while Sim is slightly ahead of Stewart among male decided voters (32% to 29%).

“The departure of Ian Campbell from the mayoral race has definitely helped Stewart, who currently has the support of 45% of Vancouverites who voted for Gregor Robertson in the last mayoral election,” says Mario Canseco, President of Research Co.

“Sim is connecting well with the NPA’s traditional base, and is holding on to 49% of the voters who supported Kirk LaPointe in 2014.”

Across the city, two-thirds of residents (67%) believe housing is the most important issue facing Vancouver, followed by transportation (9%), poverty (also 9%) and economic development (5%).

Vancouverites head to the polls on Saturday, October 20.

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