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Conservatives and Liberals end 2014 neck and neck as Harper’s personal numbers improve

December 23, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto The year 2014 ends with a tightly competitive race between the federal Liberals and the Conservative Party of Canada. The two parties are within a point of each other, (CPC 34%; LPC 33%). The trend lines we see over the period since March should provide some seasonal cheer for

Follow Up to “Politics Anyone?”: Gender Differences by Age Group

December 10, 2014|
Yesterday we released some new data on the willingness of Canadians to run for public office as a follow up to Bruce’s column in  the Globe and Mail.  We noted a fairly large difference between the motivations of men and women. We received a lot of positive feedback about the research and some follow up questions.

Politics Anyone? Who would run for office in Canada

December 9, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto In next year’s federal election well over 1,000 people will register as candidates for different parties or as independent candidates. This willingness to participate in the political process is important to the health of any democracy. We recently explored the idea of political candidacy in our polling. Here are

Iraq and ISIS: Political implications of Canada’s participation

October 21, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto One of the most contentious political choices in recent months has been whether Canada should join the US and other allies in a combat role to degrade and defeat ISIS in Iraq. Our latest poll looks at how the public has been viewing the choices made by the three

Canadian Politics: Liberals lose support over last month

October 20, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Our latest polling results, gathered over the last week among 1,248 Canadians aged 18 and over, show that: – 32% of committed voters say they would support the Liberal Party in an election held tomorrow, 30% would vote for the Conservatives and 25% say they would vote NDP. This represents

PUBLIC OPINION ON STEPHEN HARPER’S APPROACH TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS

September 22, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson and David Coletto Global events have brought Canadian foreign policy into focus in recent months. Our latest poll explored how Canadians are feeling about the leadership of the government in this area. On the whole Mr. Harper has the confidence of more Canadians than not when it comes to the positions he’s

The Agenda of Canadian Voters

September 3, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto (5th of 6 releases based on our August 15-18th poll) For interviews/quotes, or to find out about our services, please contact Chairman Bruce Anderson at banderson@abacusdata.ca (613-882-0929) or CEO David Coletto at david@abacusdata.ca (613-232-2806) For years polling has tended to reinforce the notion that there is only one “top

HARPER, MULCAIR, TRUDEAU – OVERALL IMPRESSIONS

August 29, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto Third of several releases in the coming two weeks. For interviews or quotes, or to find out more about our services, please contact either Chairman Bruce Anderson at banderson@abacusdata.ca (613-882-0929) or CEO David Coletto at david@abacusdata.ca (613-232-2806) The next federal election will feature different leaders for two of the

WHAT WOULD A LIBERAL OR NDP WIN MEAN?

August 27, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson and David Coletto Second of several releases in the coming two week. For interviews or quotes, or to find out more about our services, please contact either Chairman Bruce Anderson at banderson@abacusdata.ca (613-882-0929) or CEO David Coletto at david@abacusdata.ca (613-232-2806) When voters ponder a change in government, they often consider whether things

Federal Politics without a BQ?

August 21, 2014|
By Bruce Anderson and David Coletto Our first past the post elections can be won or lost on movements of only a few points in voter support. So, the question of what BQ voters would do, if there were no BQ candidates to vote for, is a pretty interesting one.  We’ve gone back over our
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