MCCALLUM LEADS TIGHT SURREY RACE

October 21st, 2014. A new Mainstreet Technologies poll of Surrey voters nds Doug McCallum
leading in the Surrey mayoral race with Linda Hepner coming in a close second. The poll found
McCallum with 22%, Hepner at 20% and Barinder Rasode at 8%. 45% of respondents were
undecided, while 5% would vote for someone else; the poll had a margin of error of +/- 2.46%.
Among decided voters, McCallum is ahead of Hepner by 5%, 41% to 36% with Rasode at 14%. 9%
of decided voters would vote for someone else.
"Doug McCallum is leading the race at this stage with a relatively high number of undecided
voters said Mainstreet Technologies President, Quito Maggi. Rasode is in third, since her late
entry into the race she has not picked up much momentum but there is still an opportunity to
grow. All campaigns must work hard to capture the attention of voters.
Right now this is a two way race between McCallum and Hepner, but with so many voters on
this fence no one is out of the running yet, he nished.
For more information:
David Valentin, Media Relations
(613) 698-5524 - david@mainstreettechnologies.ca
Methodology
The poll surveyed a random sample of residents in the City of Surrey by Interactive Voice
Response (IVR) on October 20th, 2014. The questions were; how likely are you to vote in
Surreys municipal election? (Certain, Likely, Might, Unlikely, Not Eligible) Thinking about the race
for Mayor, if an election were held today, for whom would you cast your vote? (Linda Hepner,
Doug McCallum, Barinder Rasode, Someone Else, Undecided; order randomized). Respondents
were asked to indicate their age and their gender.
About Mainstreet Technologies
Mainstreet Technologies is an emerging national public research and complete campaign
services rm. With 20 years of political experience at all three levels of government, President
and CEO Quito Maggi is a respected commentator on Canadian public afairs.
Mainstreet has provided accurate snapshots of public opinion, having predicted a majority PC
government in Alberta, a majority Liberal government in British Columbia and most recently a
majority Liberal government in Ontario. Mainstreet is currently conducting extensive public
opinion research on the Toronto mayoral race.
LINDA HEPNER
DOUG MCCALLUM
BARINDER RASODE
SOMEONE ELSE
UNDECIDED
20%
22%
8%
5%
45%
MARGIN OF ERROR: +/- 2.46, 19/20
TOTAL RESPONDENTS: 1,584
LINDA HEPNER
DOUG MCCALLUM
BARINDER RASODE
SOMEONE ELSE
36%
41%
14%
9%
LINDA HEPNER
DOUG MCCALLUM
BARINDER RASODE
SOMEONE ELSE
UNDECIDED
SAMPLE
AGE & GENDER BREAKDOWN
18-34
15%
16%
19%
6%
43%
132
35-49
12%
15%
5%
5%
63%
403
50-64
25%
24%
5%
5%
40%
542
65+
23%
27%
9%
3%
38%
503
Female
27%
19%
7%
5%
43%
869
Male
17%
25%
8%
4%
46%
715
LINDA HEPNER
DOUG MCCALLUM
BARINDER RASODE
SOMEONE ELSE
UNDECIDED
HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO VOTE?
Certain
22%
24%
7%
4%
43%
Likely
26%
14%
11%
7%
43%
Might
18%
10%
5%
8%
59%
Unlikely
6%
13%
10%
16%
55%