A majority of Canadians believe a federal election this year is “very likely” or “moderately likely”. Canada's two main federal parties are still separated by four points, and a majority of Canadians believe that a federal election will take place in 2010, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. Voting Intention Across the country, 34 per cent of decided voters (+1 since late January) would cast a ballot for the Conservative candidate in their riding if a new federal election took ... | Read More

Momentum score for the Prime Minister drops, as a majority of Canadians expect a federal election to take place this year. Since the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament, the governing Conservative Party has lost support across Canada, while the New Democratic Party (NDP) begins the year in a good position, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. The online survey of a representative national sample of 1,077 adults also finds that the momentum rating for Stephen Harper has dropped ... | Read More

Unique survey exposes Canadians to the Liberal Party’s recently released advertisements, and finds negligible effect from radio and print campaign. Version française (PDF) A large proportion of Canadians are disappointed with the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue Parliament, and the electorate’s perceptions of Stephen Harper have taken a negative turn, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In order to gauge the effect of the recently released Liberal Party ads, half of respondents to this poll listened to the "cover-up" radio ... | Read More