Liberals continue lead over Tories after 1st week of Canada election: poll
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The latest Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows both the Liberals and Conservatives are gaining ground at the expense of the NDP and other parties.
The Liberals continue to lead the Conservatives among voters after the first week of the federal election campaign, a new poll suggests, but the two parties are tied on who will best handle what’s seen as the top issue: affordability and the cost of living.
The latest Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News shows both the Liberals and new party leader Mark Carney are continuing to pick up momentum since the election began last Sunday. The Conservatives have also gained ground, to the detriment of the New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois.
The poll found 44 per cent of decided voters would vote for the Liberals, up two points from polling conducted a week before the election. The Conservatives earned 38 per cent support, also up two points, while the NDP has dropped one point to nine per cent.
The Liberals now hold a six-point lead over the Conservatives in this poll, a drop of one point from the seven-point lead they held in polling on March 18.
The margin of error in the poll is 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadians been polled.
Twenty-four per cent of Quebec voters said they would cast their ballot for the Bloc Quebecois, which translated to five per cent nationally, down one point from two weeks ago.
The Green Party is seeing two per cent support, while one per cent chose the People’s Party of Canada, the latter down two points. Eight per cent of voters surveyed said they were still undecided.
Carney has meanwhile widened his lead over Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre among party leaders seen as the best choice for prime minister, with 44 per cent choosing Carney versus 33 per cent for Poilievre. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s popularity has fallen four points to just eight per cent.
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