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The age of disruption is spawning all kinds of unlikely political outcomes in previously stable democracies. Could one of them be a breakthrough for the Green Party of Canada in next year’s federal election?

Elizabeth May’s party has flattered to deceive before, but a number of leading indicators suggest a resurgence in Green fortunes.

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While they are in familiar territory in most public polls — between 7 and 10 per cent — there are signs that suggest their support has room to grow.

Most promising was a question in a Nanos Research poll on the party voters might consider at the next election. It suggested that one in three voters would think about voting Green, up from one in five before the 2015 election. Green leader May is also outpolling NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on the question of who voters prefer as their prime minister.

Party fundraising, a key measure of support, is up 19 per cent in the first three quarters of the year, albeit from a small base.