Liberals 41, Conservatives 32, NDP 19, Green 3: Nanos

Ballot – The latest Nanos federal ballot tracking has the Liberals at 41.4 per cent support, followed by the Conservatives at 32.4 per cent, the NDP at 18.7 percent, the BQ at 3.4 per cent and the Greens at 3.1 per cent.

Accessible Voters – Asked whether they would consider voting for each of the federal parties, 57.5 per cent of Canadians say they would consider voting Liberal while 47.2 per cent would consider voting Conservative. More than four in ten Canadians (42.4%) would consider voting NDP while 30.1 per cent and 29.0 per cent would consider voting BQ or Green respectively.

Preferred Prime Minister – Nanos tracking has Trudeau as the preferred choice as PM of 46.5 per cent of Canadians followed by Ambrose (19.4%), Mulcair (8.7%) and May (5.3%). Eighteen percent of Canadians were unsure who they preferred.

Qualities of a Good Political Leader – More than six of ten Canadians (63.0%) believe Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader while 46.8 per cent believe Mulcair has the qualities of a good political leader. Ambrose and May received similar scores on this measure (Qualities of a good political leader Ambrose – 36.7%, May 36.6%). Of note, the score (QC only) on this measure for Martine Ouellet, the new leader of the BQ has hit a new 12 month high at 21.8 per cent.

Nanos Party Power Index – The Nanos Index which is a composite of a series of measures including ballot and leadership impressions has the Liberals with 61.2 points, the Conservatives 49.4 points, the NDP 45.4 points, the Greens 32.9 points and the BQ 27.1 points (QC only).

The full Nanos Research report is available here…