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Curiosities.

That’s what Naheed Nenshi’s campaign team sees in the Mainstreet Research/Postmedia poll for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun, which showed the incumbent mayor nine points behind frontrunner Bill Smith.

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Declining Postmedia’s invitation for comment during a function Saturday, a statement from Nenshi’s campaign decried “questionable elements” and “curiosities” regarding the poll.

“Normally, our campaign does not comment on polls, but there are some curiosities with the poll released by Postmedia and Mainstreet today,” the statement reads.

These include the poll’s methodology, its demographics, and the history of the polling firm contracted by Postmedia.

The poll paints a bleak outlook for the incumbent mayor’s re-election hopes.

It puts Smith in the lead with 42 per cent support in the survey of 1,000 Calgarians, with Nenshi nine points behind with 33 per cent.