Support for Toronto’s mayor has remained steady over the last couple months, according to a new poll released Wednesday morning.

The Mainstreet Technologies telephone poll of 2,493 Toronto residents found that John Tory has an approval rating at 61 per cent, down just one point from a poll conducted in March.

Tory’s approval was strongest in Scarborough and the downtown core (40 per cent each), and among voters between the ages of 35 to 49 years old and those over 65 (40 per cent each). Young voters, between the ages of 18 to 34, represented the lowest demographic to strongly approve of the job Tory is doing as mayor (27 per cent) and the greatest group to strongly disapprove of his job thus far (23 per cent).

In addition to the mayor’s popularity, the poll also asked respondents about the possible use of Internet voting in the next municipal elections, with 55 per cent saying they were in favour.

Participants also showed support for shorter municipal campaigns (67 per cent) and the extension of voting rights in municipal elections to permanent residents (58 per cent).

“There is strong support for extending voting rights in Toronto elections to permanent residents and support for implementing Internet voting in elections,” Mainstreet Technologies president Quito Maggi said.

“But Toronto’s favourite reform is shorter campaigns even when we point out that may favour incumbents.”

Asked about the current size of city council, most felt that it was too large.

“Only 10 per cent of Torontonians think there are too few members of city council while 48 per cent believe there are too many and 41 per cent believe there are just enough,” Mainstreet Technologies president Quito Maggi said.

“Toronto does not want to see the size of city council grow though this may be the result of the ward boundaries process.”

The poll is considered accurate within 1.96 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

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