If Kathleen Wynne could change one thing about her job, what would it be?

The premier was asked that question while participating in a “fireside chat” with the Long Term Care Association members Tuesday. It didn’t take her long to think of something.

“You want the first thing that comes to my mind — the polls,” Wynne said, laughing. “Just sayin’.”

The crowd at the conference, and the premier, got a good laugh from her candour, but the polls haven’t been all that funny in recent weeks. A string of them have indicated bad news could be ahead for the Wynne Liberals in the 2018 election.

A Forum poll last week concluded the Grits would face a humiliating defeat — losing official party status — if an election were held now. The Liberals are sitting at 19% support, polling third behind the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats in the 416 area, and trending to win only seven of 122 seats.

An Angus Reid poll released on March 24 put Wynne’s personal approval rating at 12%. The poll also found a majority of Ontarians find their hydro bills “very unreasonable” and fear selling off Hydro One will only force electricity prices higher, explaining the reason why the premier’s approvals have sunk from a high of 41% in September 2014.

A Forum poll from March 17 shows that the Progressive Conservatives lead in Toronto over the Liberals has jumped four percentage points in the last month — with 36% of those polled saying they’d vote Tory in the 2018 election, compared to 31% for the Grits.

sjeffords@postmedia.com