Liberals lead dips for 1st time in Canada election as Tories gain: poll
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The new Ipsos poll for Global News shows support for the Liberals has dropped to 42 per cent, the first time since the election began that the party has lost ground.
The Liberals continue to lead the federal election race at the halfway point of the campaign, a new poll suggests, but the Conservatives have narrowed the gap.
The latest Ipsos poll exclusively for Global News shows 42 per cent of Canadians surveyed would vote for the Liberals, down four points from last week and the first time since the election began that the party has lost ground. The Conservatives are up two points at 36 per cent.
“Whatever momentum the Liberals have had has declined,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.
“It’s been the only good news that the Conservatives have had since Mark Carney became the leader of the Liberal Party. … Whether it will hold up or not is another question.”
Eleven per cent of decided voters surveyed said they would back the New Democrats, down one point from last week. The Green Party also fell one point, to two per cent, while the Bloc Quebecois stayed steady at six per cent support nationally, or 25 per cent of Quebec voters.
The share of Canadians who are undecided has gone up four points since last week, to 11 per cent, according to the poll, which comes ahead of this week’s leaders debates in Montreal.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney is favoured to win the English-language debate, with 41 per cent saying so, while 34 per cent say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will win the French-language debate.
After three weeks of campaigning, 33 per cent of Canadians said they are more likely to vote for the Liberals since the campaign began, compared to 25 per cent who said the same for the Conservatives.
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