Ontario NDP Gains On PCs 2 Weeks Before Election   
      
   Undecided voters appear to be moving to the NDP camp.   
      
      
   With two weeks to go before the Ontario election, a new poll puts the NDP   
   neck-and-neck with the Progressive Conservatives, and suggests that Kathleen   
   Wynne's Liberals have little chance at forming government again.   
      
   Thirty-five per cent of decided voters told Abacus Data they'd support Doug   
   Ford's PCs, while 34 per cent said they would vote NDP, and 24 per cent said   
   they'd cast a ballot for the Liberals.   
      
   Support for Andrea Horwath's NDP rose by five percentage points in the last   
   two weeks, according to Abacus. In the same timeframe, the Liberals saw   
   support drop by five points and while it held steady for the PCs.   
      
   "The Tories are holding onto much of their support, the NDP is converting   
   undecideds and attracting some Liberals, while the Liberals are leaking   
   support to the NDP and undecided category," Abacus Data's David Coletto wrote   
   in a blog post.   
      
   Ford is still the favourite to become Ontario's next premier, Coletto wrote,   
   although it's "absolutely" possible that the NDP will pull off an upset.   
      
   Coletto said the PCs are likely to win for four reasons:   
      
       They lead among those 45 and older, who are more likely to vote than   
   younger people   
      
       The party leads among people who voted in the last election, suggesting   
   its supporters can be counted on to show up and vote again   
      
       Support for PC candidates is consistent across the province   
      
       Left-wing voters are divided between the Liberals and the NDP, while   
   right-wing voters are united in support for the PCs.   
      
   NDP win least divisive: poll   
      
   However, Horwath has seen support for her party rise by a total of 10   
   percentage points since April, Abacus Data shows.   
      
   "There are still two weeks left in this campaign and two thirds of the   
   electorate is open to voting NDP," Coletto writes.   
      
   In a contentious election, the Abacus poll suggests an NDP win would be the   
   least divisive.   
      
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