Liberals strongest but Conservative hit 12 month high on the Nanos Index

Ballot – The latest Nanos weekly ballot tracking has the federal Liberals with 43.0 per cent support followed by the Conservatives at 28.5 per cent, the NDP at 16.2 per cent, the Greens at 5.4 per cent and the BQ at 5.2 per cent.

Accessible Voters – Asked a series of independent questions for each federal political party six of ten Canadians (59.5%) would consider the Liberals while 44.2 per cent would consider the Conservatives, 41.4 per cent the NDP, 30.1 per cent the Greens and 28.9 per cent the BQ (Quebec only).

Preferred Prime Minister – About one of two Canadians (49.3%) say the prefer Trudeau as Prime Minister followed by 18.1 per cent who prefer Ambrose, 10.0 per cent who prefer Mulcair, four per cent who prefer May and 18.0 per cent who are unsure.

Qualities of a Good Political Leader – Asked a series of independent questions for each party leader, 65.9 per cent say Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader, 49.3 per cent say Mulcair has the qualities of a good political leader, 35.5 per cent say Ambrose has the qualities of a good political leader and 35.2 per cent say May has the qualities of a good political leader.

Nanos Party Power Index – The Nanos Index which is a composite of a series of questions including ballot support and impressions of the leaders has the Liberals at 63.2 out of a possible 100 points, while the Conservatives scored 47.5 points, the NDP 45.9 points the Greens 33.1 points and the BQ 24.2 points (Quebec only).

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