Archive for September, 2011

Ontario Election: Traditional Ballot Question – PC 37%, Liberal 33%, NDP 23%; Party Leader Favourability

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 [...]

Ontario Political Party Brand Analysis

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 [...]

Ontario Election: Top Issues and Party Best Able to Deal with Them

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 [...]

Ontario Election Polling: Don’t be afraid of innovation

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 [...]

Six in Ten Ontarians Oppose Ontario Liberal Newcomer Tax Credit Proposal

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 [...]

Ontario Election: Tories lead by 9 among decided voters but NDP and Liberals have the most room to grow

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 [...]

Sun News Network: Survey on Freedom of Information at the CBC

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.