Liberals 38, Conservatives 37, NDP 13, Green 8, People’s 1: Nanos

Ballot – The latest Nanos federal ballot tracking has the Liberals at 37.6 per cent support, followed by the Conservatives at 36.6 per cent, the NDP at 12.8 percent, the BQ at 3.0 per cent, the Greens at 8.1 per cent and the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) at 1.2 per cent.

Accessible Voters – Asked whether they would consider voting for each of the federal parties, 47.9 per cent of Canadians say they would consider voting Liberal while 46.7 per cent would consider voting Conservative. One in three (32.8%) would consider voting NDP, 27.7 per cent would consider voting Green, 9.3 per cent would consider voting for the People’s Party and 25.1 per cent would consider voting for the BQ.

Preferred Prime Minister – Nanos tracking has Trudeau as the preferred choice as PM at 33.5 per cent of Canadians followed by Scheer (26.1%), Singh (7.5%), May (6.7%) and Bernier (4.9%). Twenty per cent of Canadians were unsure whom they preferred.

Qualities of a Good Political Leader – More than half of Canadians (53.4%) believe Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader while 45.0 per cent believe Scheer has the qualities of a good political leader. Close to three in ten (28.4%) say Jagmeet Singh has the qualities of a good political leader, while 34.5 per cent believe the same about May. One in five (19.9%) believe Bernier has the qualities of a good political leader 20.5 per cent said Beaulieu/Blanchet have the qualities of a good political leader (QC only). Note: this is the second week to include the newly elected leader of the BQ, Yves-François Blanchet, in the tracking.

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 55.2 points, the Conservatives 54.1 points, the NDP 40.2 points, the Greens 35.2 points, the People’s Party 28.7 points and the BQ 28.5 points (QC only).

The full Nanos Research report is available here…