Oct 16 2019 — iPolitics — On the same day that another fabricated hit piece on Justin Trudeau was circulated by thousands on Facebook, company executives confirmed the social media platform wouldn’t ban one of the top outlets responsible for fake Canadian political news. Instead, Facebook said it’s continuing to rely on existing deterrence measures that haven’t stopped users from sharing […]
Oct 15 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — New poll results from Mainstreet Research suggest over two-thirds of voters who took advantage of advance polling over the past four days or have already submitted a special ballot voted for the Liberals or Conservatives. For its daily election tracking poll for iPolitics, Mainstreet has started asking Canadians if they voted at the advance polls […]
Oct 11 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — With just 10 days left before voters head to the polls, the Conservatives are narrowly ahead of the Liberals in the national fight for first, while the NDP continues to grow its support in the wake of Monday’s English-language leaders’ debate, according to new polling numbers from Mainstreet Research. According to the latest results from […]
Oct 10 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The federal Conservatives are holding a statistically insignificant two point lead over the Liberals in Mainstreet Research’s latest national poll, while the NDP and Bloc Québécois continue to gain ground, increasing the likelihood of a minority government. According to the results from the phone survey of 2,309 voters, conducted between Oct. 7-9, 32.2 per cent […]
Oct 9 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives and Liberals remain in a statistical tie in Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll results for Wednesday, while the NDP appears to be gaining support, in the wake of this week’s English-language leaders’ debate. In the latest results, which cover polling conducted between Oct. 6-8, 32 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said […]
Oct 8 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives and Liberals are again separated by only a few tenths of a percentage points in Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll results for Tuesday. These newest results, which cover polling conducted between Oct. 5-7, show that 33.1 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said they would vote for the Conservatives if a federal […]
Oct 4 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Once again, the federal horse race is a dead heat. Results from Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll released on Friday show the Liberals and Conservatives separated by only half a percentage point in the battle for first place. It comes only a day after the tracking poll had the Conservatives with a three-point lead, the […]
Oct 3 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives have opened up a three-point lead over the governing Liberals in the latest results from Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll — the largest lead for Andrew Scheer’s party reported by the survey this campaign. According to these newest results, which cover polling conducted between Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, 36.4 per cent of […]
Oct 2 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Conservatives are leading the Liberals by 2.5 points in Mainstreet Research’s latest daily tracking poll results. According to the results, which cover polling conducted between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, 36 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said they would vote for the Conservatives if a federal election were today, while 33.5 per […]
Oct 1 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives have surged to a nearly three point lead in Mainstreet Research’s latest daily tracking poll results, breaking a virtual deadlock with the Liberals that has lasted for most of the past week. According to the results, which cover polling conducted between Sept. 28-30, 36.1 per cent of leaning and decided respondents said […]
Sep 30 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Three weeks out from election day, the Liberals and Conservatives continue to be separated by only three-tenths of a percentage point in Mainstreet’s daily tracking poll numbers. Poll numbers released Monday have the Liberals leading the Conservatives among leaning and decided voters 34.4 per cent to 34.1 per cent, a minuscule advantage that easily falls […]
Sep 27 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Liberals are holding a comfortable double-digit lead in the all-important Greater Toronto Area, according to a new poll from Mainstreet Research for iPolitics. In the 498-person phone survey of voters in the GTA, though excluding the City of Toronto itself, the Liberals won the support of 45.4 per cent of leaning and decided respondents, […]
Sep 27 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives have regained their two-point lead over the Liberals in Mainstreet Research’s daily tracking poll, as the 2019 campaign nears the halfway mark. However, the expanded lead is attributable not to surging support for the Tories but rather lagging Liberal numbers. In Friday’s daily tracking results, the Liberals fell by a full point […]
Sep 20 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — The Liberals, Tories and Greens have all fallen slightly in Mainstreet Research’s latest national polling numbers, while the NDP, Bloc Québécois and People’s party enjoyed moderate bumps in support. These latest survey numbers, though, only capture roughly one day of polling since the emergence of photos and videos of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing blackface […]
Sep 18 2019 — Marco Vigliotti — iPolitics — As the election campaign enters Week 2, the Liberals are enjoying a two-point lead over the rival Conservatives, according to new national polling numbers from Mainstreet Research. The lead, though, falls within the survey’s margin of error, which is plus or minus 2.23 percentage points, at the 95 per cent confidence level. Wednesday’s results from […]