THE latest Nanos federal ballot tracking (june 22) has the Liberals at 36.7 per cent support, followed by the Conservatives at 32.0 per cent, the NDP at 20.6 percent, the Bloc Quebecois at 3.6 per cent and the Greens at 5.7 per cent.
Asked whether they would consider voting for each of the federal parties, 48.7 per cent of Canadians say they would consider voting Liberal while 44.8 per cent would consider voting Conservative. Four in ten (42.7%) would consider voting NDP while 23 per cent and 27.7 per cent of Canadians would consider voting for the BQ and Green parties, respectively.
Nanos tracking has Justin Trudeau as the preferred choice as Prime Minister at 41.3 per cent of Canadians followed by Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer (24.8%), NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (8.2%) and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May (4.9%). Twenty per cent of Canadians were unsure whom they preferred.
Close to six in ten Canadians (57.3%) believe Trudeau has the qualities of a good political leader while 41.8 per cent believe Scheer has the qualities of a good political leader. One in three (36%) say Jagmeet Singh has the qualities of a good political leader, while 34.1 per cent believe the same about May. One in six (16.1%) say interim Bloc Quebecois Leader Mario Beaulieu / former leader Martine Ouellet have the qualities of a good political leader (Quebec only). (Note this is the first week in the tracking rotation for Mario Beaulieu, the interim leader of the Bloc Quebecois.)