They weren’t hopeful. Professor Pammett said that in 2015 there was “an unusual degree of enthusiasm” for the Liberals. “This time there is not a lot of enthusiasm for any of the parties or any of the leaders,” he said.

Professor LeDuc summed it up this way: “The government is not popular but it is not unpopular either.”

The likely effect of all that, Professor Pammett said, is that a lot of people simply may not vote.

So, Canada Letter readers, how do you feel as this campaign slouches toward its conclusion? Do you agree with Mr. Graves’ polling data that finds many people are discouraged, or did you find the campaign inspiring? Most of all, will you vote? Please email us at nytcanada@nytimes.com and include your full name and where you live. We may publish the highlights of your responses in an upcoming newsletter.

In case you missed it, I traveled along aboard Mr. Trudeau’s campaign plane for a day trip to Nunavut. I wrote a diary about the unusual travel experience as a special edition of the newsletter.

[Read: Justin Trudeau Heads North, Fighting for Every Seat in a Tight Race]

And I also took a look at the Conservative campaign under Andrew Scheer although that involved a more prosaic trip to the suburbs of Toronto, which have been one of the main battlegrounds of this campaign.

[Read: Andrew Scheer Has Fans. Can They Make Him Canada’s Prime Minister?]

And be sure to look at our Canada page over the coming days for more election coverage. Perhaps things will change, and I will finally be able to stop including a paragraph about the dead heat in every campaign story.