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   Interesting that now HALF of Albertans would vote for *other than* the Harper   
   Conservatives.  Wow.   
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   Postmedia News | National Post - August 15, 2015   
      
   NDP would lead a minority government if elections held today,   
   Tories slip to third: Léger poll   
      
      
   The NDP would lead a minority government and Thomas Mulcair would be Canada's   
   prime minister if elections were to be held today, a new poll by Léger   
   suggests.   
      
   Support for the NDP party nationwide is at 33 per cent, as compared to 28 per   
   cent for the Liberal Party and 27 per cent for Stephen Harper's Conservatives,   
   the survey of 2,095 Canadians conducted Aug. 10 to Aug. 12 for the Journal de   
   Montréal and Le    
   Devoir found.   Harper launched the federal elections on Aug. 2. Voters go to   
   the polls Oct. 19.   
      
   The results represent a slight uptick for the NDP and the Liberals, whose   
   ratings increased by one per cent and three per cent respectively, over poll   
   results taken last month.   The Conservatives, meanwhile, slumped five per   
   cent.  The Green Party    
   garnered six per cent support, while the Bloc Québécois got five per cent   
   support.   
      
   Among party leaders, Mulcair was the most popular, with 28 per cent of   
   respondents saying he would make the best prime minister.  Harper got 21 per   
   cent support, down four points from July, while Liberal leader Justin Trudeau   
   saw his approval rating grow    
   by four points, to 20 per cent.   
      
   In Quebec the Orange Wave remained strong, with 40 per cent supporting the   
   NDP, while the Liberals had 21 per cent of the vote, tied with the Bloc.  The   
   Conservatives in Quebec had 17 per cent support.  British Columbia is the only   
   other province to see    
   a dominant NDP lead, with 36 per cent support compared to 26 per cent for the   
   Liberals and 23 per cent for the Conservatives.   
      
   In Ontario, the three leading parties were neck and neck, with the NDP and   
   Liberal parties at 31 per cent and the Conservatives reaping 30 per cent of   
   the vote. Support for Harper's party was highest in Alberta, where 46 per cent   
   of respondents said they    
   would vote Conservative, as compared to 23 per cent for the NDP and 22 per   
   cent for the Liberals.   
      
   The NDP was seen as the party that most represents change, and 56 per cent of   
   those polled said they were expecting the elections to result in a minority   
   government.   
      
   Respondents cited Canada's economy, aid for middle-class families, job   
   creation and the maintenance of services like the CBC and Canada Post as the   
   top issues of the campaign.   
      
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