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An unusually high number of Vancouver voters are undecided about how they’ll vote in the mayoral election less than five months away, a new poll shows.

The new data, collected by Research Co. and provided exclusively to Postmedia, represents the first “horse race poll of the campaign,” said Research Co. president Mario Canseco. It found 47 per cent of respondents said they weren’t sure who they would vote for if the mayoral election were held today.

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“That’s a big story,” said Canseco. “Going back to other municipal elections I’ve covered, four or five months before the election you get around 30 per cent who are still undecided.”

One reason so many voters are undecided, Canseco said, is there’s an unusually crowded field of mayoral candidates right now.

LISTEN: Columnist Dan Fumano and pollster Mario Canseco delve into new numbers showing independent Kennedy Stewart out in front of NPA nominee Ken Sim and Vision Vancouver’s Ian Campbell in the race to be Vancouver’s next mayor.