OTTAWA – POLITICS – The latest Nanos federal ballot tracking has the Liberals at 36.7 percent support, followed by the Conservatives at 32.0 percent, the NDP at 20.6 percent, the BQ at 3.6 percent and the Greens at 5.7 percent.
Accessible Voters – Asked whether they would consider voting for each of the federal parties, 48.7 percent of Canadians say they would consider voting Liberal while 44.8 percent would consider voting Conservative. Four in ten (42.7%) would consider voting NDP while 23.0 percent and 27.7 percent 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 41.3 percent of Canadians followed by Scheer (24.8%), Singh (8.2%) and May (4.9%). Twenty percent of Canadians were unsure whom they preferred.
Qualities of a Good Political Leader – Close to six in ten Canadians (57.3%) believe Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader while 41.8 percent believe Scheer has the qualities of a good political leader. One in three (36.0%) say Jagmeet Singh has the qualities of a good political leader, while 34.1 percent believe the same about May. One in six (16.1%) said interim Bloc Quebecois leader Mario Beaulieu/former leader Martine Ouellet have the qualities of a good political leader (QC only). Note this is the first week in the tracking rotation for Mario Beaulieu, the interim leader of the Bloc Quebecois.
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 57.4 points, the Conservatives 52.0 points, the NDP 43.8 points, the Greens 33.7 points and the BQ 24.7 points (QC only).
