BRAMPTON – Seven in 10 Brampton residents want Mayor Susan Fennell to resign, and half believe crimes were committed, following the scathing results of a forensic investigation of her lavish spending.

A Forum Research poll conducted Thursday and Friday also shows that Fennell's chances of winning a fifth straight term in the Oct. 27 election are not good.

According to the survey of 1,178 Brampton voters, if the election were held now, Fennell would have 13 per cent support while her main challengers, former MPP Linda Jeffrey and Councillor John Sanderson, would get 39 per cent and 24 per cent of the vote, respectively.

The poll also shows that eight in 10 respondents disapprove of the job Fennell is doing. In late March, while Fennell was deeply embroiled in the scandal, but before the results of the audit by Deloitte, a Forum poll had her at 17 per cent support in the mayor's race.