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The Moment. In this regular feature until Election Day, theNational Postcaptures a telling moment in time from the 2015 campaign trail.

Canadians knew the three-way race couldn’t last forever. And indeed, with two weeks until Election Day, a party has begun to pull into the lead.

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Of course, in what has become a signature trait of the 2015 election, polls differ on exactly which party.

A Nanos Research survey shows the Liberals gaining a dramatic lead at the expense of the NDP. The Liberals are at 35 per cent support, the Conservatives at 31 per cent and the NDP are trailing at 24 per cent.

One from EKOS shows the Conservatives maintaining a commanding first place (33 per cent), which they’ve apparently held since mid-September.

“Some pollsters blush at claiming that their margin of error is within three per cent, 19 times out of 20, others don’t,” said Barry Kay, a polling expert at Wilfrid Laurier University.