September 26, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: Polls
According to a new Ontario survey conducted by Abacus Data, the Ontario PC Party leads the Ontario Liberal Party by four percentage points as the leaders prepare to debate tomorrow evening. Abacus Data measured vote intention in two ways: first respondents were asked how likely they were to vote for each of Ontario’s main parties [...]
September 20, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: Polls
According to a new Ontario survey conducted by Abacus Data, the Ontario NDP has the most positively defined brand while the Liberal Party and Progressive Conservative Party brands struggle with voters outside of their core support base. Not surprisingly, the two largest parties in Ontario are polarizing. Those who say they are unlikely to vote [...]
September 16, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: Polls
According to a new Ontario survey conducted by Abacus Data, managing the economy, keeping taxes low, and government trust and ethics are cited as the top issues that would be important to influencing voters’ choice on election day. Respondents were first asked to select which issues, if any, were important to deciding their vote from [...]
September 15, 2011 by David | Categories: Blog
On Tuesday, Abacus Data released results of a poll that used a different type of question to measure vote intention. The traditional way of measuring vote intention involves asking respondents how they would vote if the election were held today. If a respondent says they are undecided, many pollsters would ask them if they are [...]
September 14, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: Polls
According to a new Ontario survey conducted by Abacus Data, a majority of Ontarians (62%) oppose the Ontario Liberal Party proposal to introduce a $10,000 tax credit for business that hire newcomers to Ontario while 23% support it. Awareness of the Proposal A slight majority of Ontarians (53%) said that they had heard about the [...]
September 13, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: Polls
According to a new Ontario survey conducted by Abacus Data, the Ontario PC Party lead the Ontario Liberal Party by nine percentage points among decided voters. Province-wide, the PC Party has the support of 41% of decided voters, followed by the Liberals at 32%, the NDP at 20%, and the Greens at 6%. One percent [...]
September 6, 2011 by Abacus | Categories: News
David Coletto joins the Roundtable on Sun News Network to discuss an Abacus Data poll commissioned by Sun News on public attitudes towards freedom of information at the CBC. You can read the article on the poll here.