Federal Liberals Continue Surge into First Place
May 22, 2013
Polls conducted between April 18 to May 2 by Ekos, Ipsos Reid and Harris-Decima on a blended sample of about 4000 respondents projects 137 seats for the Liberal Party, 120 for the Conservatives, 72 for the New Democratic Party, 8 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 for the Greens.
Conservatives Gain Seats from Liberal Vote Loss to NDP
April 29, 2013
Polls conducted between March 26- April 17 by Ipsos Reid, Ekos, and Forum Research on a blended sample of about 3500 respondents projects 45 seats for the Progressive Conservative Party, 38 for the Liberals, and 24 for the New Democratic Party.
Liberals Rebound to Second Place
April 16, 2013
Polls conducted between March 25 to April 8 by Nanos Research, Ipsos Ried, Abacus, Forum Research and Leger Marketing on a blended sample of about 6000 respondents projects 136 seats for the Conservative Party, 98 for the Liberals, 89 for the New Democratic Party, 14 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 for the Green.
Survey Design with Dr. Manuel Riemer on Thursday, March 28
March 27, 2013
Join us tomorrow as Dr. Manuel Riemer presents the key elements of survey design. The workshop will be held in Bricker Academic, room #111 on the Waterloo campus. You can also tune in to a live broadcast on the LISPOP YouTube Channel. Follow us @LaurierInst on Twitter for more information.
Ontario Race is Virtually Even
March 6, 2013
Polls conducted between February 1 to March 1 by Forum Research, Nanos, Ekos and Abacus on a blended sample of about 7000 respondents projects 41 seats for the Progressive Conservative Party, 39 for the Liberals, and 27 for the New Democratic Party.
Conservatives Slip While Liberals Rebound
March 1, 2013
Polls conducted between Jan. 26 and Feb. 18 by Ekos, Abasuc, Nanos, Forum, CROP and Leger (Quebec only) on a blended sample of about 12,000 respondents projects 146 seats for the Conservative Party, 106 for the New Democratic Party, 73 for the Libearls, 12 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 seat for the Greens.
January Polls Place Conservatives on Cusp of Majority
January 30, 2013
Polls conducted between Jan. 2 to 18 by Forum Research and Abacus on a blended sample of about 4600 respondents projects 169 seats for the Conservative Party, 103 for the New Democratic Party, 54 for the Libearls, 11 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 seat for the Greens.
Little Movement in Ontario Polls
January 16, 2013
Polls conducted between Nov. 29 and Dec. 19 by Forum Research and Abacus on a blended sample of about 3000 respondents projects 45 seats for the Conservatives, 35 for the Liberals and 27 for the NDP.
November 29, 2012
Polls conducted between Oct 11 and Nov. 11 by Abacus, Ipsos Reid and Nanos Research on a blended sample of 4800 respondents projects 154 seats for the Conservative Party of Canada, 105 seats for the New Democratic Party, 66 seats for the Liberals, 12 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 seat for the Greens.
Conservatives Lead Three-Way Split in Ontario
October 25, 2012
Polls conducted between Oct 16-22, 2012, by Angus Reid and Innovative Research Group sample on a blended sample of 1500 respondents projects 43 seats for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, 34 seats for the Liberals and 30 seats for the NDP.
Seat Redistribution Benefits the Conservatives
October 11, 2012
A blend of polls conducted in September by Environics, Harris-Decima, Nanos, Abacus and Forum Research on a blended sample of over 7000 interviews 159 seats for the Conservative Party, 113 seats for the NDP, 55 seats for the Liberals, 10 for the Bloc Québécois, and 1 seat for the Greens. This projection is based on the new 338 seat distribution that will be contested in the next federal election.
LISPOP associate to receive Hon. Doctorate
September 27, 2012
Dr. Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Reid and a member of the LISPOP Management Board, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the University's convocation ceremonies in October. Dr. Bricker, a graduate of Laurier, has been instrumental in raising the Institute's profile through his generous donation of a large collection of public affairs data collected by Ipsos Reid (Data collection is at lispop.ca/data).
Federal Voting Patterns Stable
August 22, 2012
A blend of polls conducted by Forum Research and Abacus between July 25 and Aug. 12 on an aggregate sample of about 3700 respondents projects Conservative Party strength at around 133 seats, 120 seats for the New Democratic Party, 46 for the Liberal Party, 8 for the Bloc Québécois and 1 for the Green Party. The polls and seat projection indicate that popular support levels have not moved appreciably since the previous LISPOP projection three months ago.
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