Here are the results of the last 2,876 interviews conducted Friday, Saturday, and Sunday by EKOS Research, the first polling company to notice the NDP surge and the company with the most accurate seat projection last year. The numbers include only decided and leaning voters, and they include about 1,000 interviews conducted yesterday. Based on these numbers, EKOS pollster Frank Graves issued the following hedge-heavy seat projection:\ CPC:   130 to 146 seats NDP:   103 to 123 seats LPC:    36 to 46 seats BQ:    10 to 20 seats GP:    1 seat For those wanting a point estimate, Graces suggests taking the midpoint of the...

02 May, 2011

Ekos Research Associates, in a national poll with 2,783 respondents and a sampling error margin of 1.8 percentage points 19 times out of 100, has the NDP in second place nationally, as the Dips' Quebec surge spreads to the rest of the country. The numbers are CPC 33.7; NDP 28.0; Liberal 23.7; Green 7.2; Bloc 6.2. What's more, Ekos projects just 131 CPC seats vs. 100 for the NDP, 62 for the Liberals, and just 14 for the Bloc. Moneyquote: Looking at these seat projections, the NDP and the Liberal Party combined would have a majority and 31 more seats...

26 April, 2011