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Ballot – The latest Nanos federal ballot tracking has the Liberals at 37.7 per cent support, followed by the Conservatives at 31.5 per cent, the NDP at 19.2 percent, the BQ at 3.8 per cent and the Greens at 6.9 per cent.

Accessible Voters – Asked whether they would consider voting for each of the federal parties, 53.1 per cent of Canadians say they would consider voting Liberal while 46.2 per cent would consider voting Conservative. Close to four in ten (38.5%) would consider voting NDP while 29.8 per cent and 30.2 per cent of Canadians would consider voting for the BQ and Green parties respectively.

Preferred Prime Minister – Nanos tracking has Trudeau as the preferred choice as PM at 40.4 per cent of Canadians followed by Scheer (22.1%), Singh (9.5%) and May (5.6%). Twenty one per cent of Canadians were unsure who they preferred.

Qualities of a Good Political Leader – Six in ten Canadians (62.3%) believe Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader while 35.3 per cent believe Scheer has the qualities of a good political leader. Almost four in ten (38.2%) say Jagmeet Singh has the qualities of a good political leader, while 36.6 per cent believe the same about May. One in four (27.8%) said Martine Ouellet has the qualities of a good political leader (QC only).

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 59.7 points, the Conservatives 49.6 points, the NDP 44.8 points, the Greens 35.9 points and the BQ 30.0 points (QC only).

The full Nanos Research report is available here…

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