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NDP leader Andrea Horwath would lead Ontario’s Official Opposition if the provincial election was held now, according to a new poll.

And numbers released Wednesday by Forum Research says more voters approve of the NDP leader than any of her competitors — more than double the number who support Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne.

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Wednesday’s poll — based on a random sampling of 777 Ontario voters — shows public opinion favouring a majority win by the Ontario PC Party, with the NDP entrenched as a strong second choice.

That means efforts to brand themselves as the sound alternative to both the Tories and Liberals is clearly gaining traction, says Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff.

“Those opposed to the Tories have to make a decision about who they’re going to support,” he said. “And they seem to be coalescing around the New Democrats.”

The pollster paints Wynne’s Liberals as a party in free-fall as support for the PCs sits at 40% and the NDP trailing the Tories by just seven points.

Liberal support currently sits at 22%, says the poll, while only 4% expressed interest in voting for the Greens.