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One common feature of Ontario political commentary in recent years has been hearing people moan that they can’t understand why Premier Doug Ford is so popular — the idea being that he’s so beyond the pale, so self-evidently unelectable, that only some mass delirium or psychosis could explain his government’s three very comfortable majority election wins.
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There is an easy answer to this: Doug Ford isn’t popular. Just 34 per cent of Ontarians approve of his performance, according to the Angus Reid Institute’s latest poll, released early this month. Only Quebec’s François Legault is less popular, at 25 per cent, while Manitoba’s Wab Kinew leads the pack at 58 per cent.
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