Feb 1 2023 — David Coletto — Abacus Data — From January 27 to 30, 2023, Abacus Data conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,500 Canadian adults. The survey asked several questions about the political landscape that we track as part of our regular national omnibus surveys. Here’s what we found:
Jan 31 2023 — Bill Kaufmann — Calgary Herald — The governing UCP holds a thin lead over the NDP in a two-horse race that will once again come down to Calgary voters, says a new poll. When asked who they’re most likely to support, a ThinkHQ Public Affairs online survey of 1,144 people shows the UCP with 48 per cent of voters versus 45 […]
Jan 18 2023 — CTV News — The federal Conservatives have gained a seven-point lead over the Liberals in the latest weekly ballot tracking by Nanos Research. According to 1,084 random interviews conducted during the week ending Jan. 13, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives would capture 35.6 per cent of the vote if an election were held today, while the Liberals would get 28.3 […]
Jan 18 2023 — David Coletto — Abacus Data — If an election were held today, 35% would vote for the Conservative Party, 31% for the Liberal Party, 18% for the NDP, and 7% for the BQ. There have been little change since the end of November. The Conservatives are ahead in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Conservatives and Liberals are statistically tied […]
Jan 9 2023 — Abbas Rana — Hill Times — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals should be worried that the progressive vote is not united behind them at this time, and this will be the key deciding factor in the next election. If an election were to happen now, the Conservatives and the Liberals would end up with almost the same number of seats, a […]
Jan 3 2023 — Globe and Mail — More than half of Canadians think the Liberals should ditch Justin Trudeau as leader before the next federal election, while 45 per cent think the Conservatives should find an alternative to their new leader, Pierre Poilievre, a Nanos poll for The Globe and Mail shows. The Canada-wide survey of 1,021 people found that 51 per […]
Dec 19 2022 — Angus Reid — As Christmas nears, Canadians have more holiday jeers than holiday cheers for the official leader of the opposition. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre provoking more reaction from his predecessors, but perhaps not in the way he may want. Asked how they view Poilievre, Canadians are […]
Dec 16 2022 — David Coletto — Abacus Data — Earlier this week I was in Calgary speaking to a business group about the political environments in Canada and Alberta. I shared some data from a new survey Abacus Data completed last week exploring the public mood as well as political opinions and perceptions. The data in this briefing comes from an online survey of […]
Dec 14 2022 — The Canadian Press — A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap. The poll conducted by Leger over the weekend says 33 per cent of respondents would vote for the Conservatives and 30 per cent would vote for the Liberals if a federal election was underway. […]
Dec 8 2022 — Angus Reid — The Premier Danielle Smith era has begun with a bang – the Alberta Sovereignty Act – but the noise and clatter appears to have neither scared off, nor attracted, voters. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the United Conservative Party’s fortunes holding steady when compared to data from prior to Smith’s UCP […]
Dec 7 2022 — Angus Reid — Twas the weeks before Christmas and all through the land, Canada’s premiers were anxious to learn where they stand. Provincial constituents assessed their leaders with care. Deciding, was sound judgement recently there? Moe and Legault enjoyed moments of ease, knowing significant majorities of their electorates were pleased. Carbon taxation, causing an Ottawa-Halifax flap, but Houston […]
Dec 7 2022 — Global News — Canadians are growing more concerned about the state of the economy and the impacts on their pocketbooks, a new poll suggests, with a majority now saying they are worried they won’t have enough money to feed their families. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found 53 per cent of those surveyed were fearful […]
Dec 5 2022 — CTV News — As the inquiry into the federal government’s decision to use the Emergencies Act during the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests nears the finish line, a new survey has found that two in three Canadians say they support, at least to some degree, the invocation of the Act. More than 1,000 Canadians were asked about their thoughts on […]
Dec 5 2022 — Marieke Walsh — Globe and Mail — The federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end last winter’s protracted anti-government, anti-vaccine mandate protests is largely supported by Canadians, according to a new poll. After six weeks of intense scrutiny at the inquiry into the invocation of the act, the government appears to have emerged unscathed, according to a Nanos Research […]
Dec 1 2022 — CTV News — With reports of hospital emergency rooms under strain and cases of flu, RSV and COVID-19 spiking across Canada, health care has surpassed inflation and jobs as the top national issue of concern, according to Nanos Research’s weekly tracking. The latest Nanos tracking shows a four-week change in the top unprompted national issue of concern – […]