That was a really quiet week in the polls following the debate, but we're starting to see a few more now.
The only unmistakeable trend is a slight uptick in Liberal support, which makes sense with the idea that their numbers were deflated on the Trudeau at least beat the low expectations that this narrative set for him.
What's interesting is where the Liberal support seems to be coming from. In most regions (Alberta, BC, Atlantic, Quebec), there's been a slight NDP downturn to go along with the Liberal gains. The Prairies are the one region where the PCs have improved since the debate. In Ontario, the CPC has had a notable downturn while the Liberals rise. This suggests to me that there's some fluidity in most of Canada between NDP and Liberal support, but in Ontario there might be more fluidity between Liberal and Conservatives. It's notable that even in Alberta, where predictably NDP numbers are down following McCuaig's comments, the Liberals look to be more a beneficiary of that than the Conservatives.
Anyway, not a lot of data to go on right now, many of those trends might turn out to be nothing. But if it was ever the plan of either the NDP or Conservatives to turn this into a two horse race, I'd say that has failed to happen.
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