The CBC’s Poll Tracker gives the Conservatives a narrow lead in the polls.
With little more than seven months to go before the October election, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are trailing Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives in the polls. Their chances of winning re-election are no better than a coin-flip.
But a month ago, the Liberals were in a strong position to secure a second term in office.Things can change quickly in public opinion, particularly when a controversy like the SNC-Lavalin affair blows up in an election year. Between now and Oct. 21, when Canadians are scheduled to go to the polls, voting intentions are likely to change again. And again.
The CBC’s Canada Poll Tracker will follow the ups and downs of public opinion straight through to election day. The Poll Tracker is an aggregation of all publicly available polls which weights each survey by date, sample size and pollster track record. (Full methodology here.) Over 150 national polls were published in the run-up to the 2015 federal election. The Poll Tracker boils those different surveys down into one set of numbers that can be tracked over time, providing a consensus view of all the data out there.
Over 150 national polls were published in the run-up to the 2015 federal election. The Poll Tracker boils those different surveys down into one set of numbers that can be tracked over time, providing a consensus view of all the data out there.
That consensus currently gives the Conservatives the lead — their first lead in the polls since the prime minister’s disastrous trip to India over a year ago.
Source: cbc.ca
