TORONTO

Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson is now asking her supporters if she should run for city council.

Thomson — who is only polling at around 1% in the latest Nanos Research poll — posted her own survey on her website Wednesday asking supporters to tell her whether they want her to stay in the mayor’s race or “yes, try for council instead.”

“The fact is that without media support I can’t get my platform positions known across the city,” Thomson said in an e-mail on Wednesday. “I’ve had a lot of support and feel that I owe my supporters the opportunity to give me their thoughts.

“I am hoping that they will tell me what they want me to do through the poll.”

She didn’t indicate what ward she would run in if she became a council candidate.

This is Thomson’s second mayoral campaign. She dropped out back in 2010 before election day and threw her support behind George Smitherman, who went on to lose to Rob Ford.

The poll will be up until next Tuesday at 5 p.m. and Thomson stressed she won’t be making a decision before that time. Anyone wanting to run for a council seat in this year’s election has to register by Friday, Sept. 12.

“I want to hear from supporters first before deciding on anything further,” she said.

“I am committed to listening to my supporters, the poll could fill up with trolls from other campaigns, but we’ll sift through them to find the supporters we know to be authentic.”