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“The support which the Green Party and the NDP bleed to the Trudeau Liberals must be worrisome for them, if not for the Conservatives.”

Strong support for the Liberal party also came from Ontario, where 45% of respondents said they’d support the Grits if Trudeau were in charge. Forty-six per cent of respondents from the Prairies said the same, as did 47% of respondents in Atlantic Canada.

Although Trudeau isn’t the only contender in the federal Liberal leadership race, most pundits and politicians expect him to win. He raised $600,000 in the first three months of the race.

At the first Liberal leadership debates last week, Trudeau criticized the Tories’ tough-on-crime approach, touting his plans to use community policing and youth sports to keep kids on the right path.

But projected results of a federal election change when names are removed from the equation, according to the poll results.

The portion of the vote for the Liberals and the Tories would be nearly identical — 30% and 32% respectively — earning the Conservative party a slim minority with 129 seats. These numbers represent a dip in support for the Conservatives and a surge for the Liberals.

The Liberals would win 86 seats in this scenario. With 26% of the vote, the NDP would get 81 seats. The Bloc would get six per cent of the vote and 11 seats, and the Greens four per cent of the vote and one seat.

Stephen Harper’s approval rating also dipped this month, down four percentage points to 32%.

Pollsters interviewed a random sampling of 1,091 Canadians over the age of 18 using an interactive voice response telephone survey.

Based on the total sample, results are considered accurate +/- three per cent, 19 times out of 20.

National Post