The 2019 Canadian election

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Poll Tracker indicates the difference in support between the Conservatives (leaning to the right) and Liberals (centrist/slight-left) has been smaller than the margin of error in polling since August 7. The NDP (leftist) routinely poll a few percentage points higher than the Greens (leaning to the left), but even if you add those two together they still don't poll as high as the two major parties. As for the other 10% or less of people willing to express a preference, the Bloc Quebecois (single-issue) routinely polls roughly double the People's Party (rightist and populist), with the fringe parties picking up the scraps.

EDIT: In other words, a typical Canadian election after one week.

At the halfway point of the campaign, Poll Tracker still indicates the difference in support between the Conservatives (leaning to the right) and Liberals (centrist/slight-left) has been smaller than the margin of error in polling since August 7.

However, the NDP have pulled ahead of the Greens to the point that there is now a noticeable difference between them. The People's Party, OTOH, would be lucky to elect anybody if the vote was held today.

Oh, and I got my voter's card in the mail today. I am officially an Elector... just like millions of other people in Canada.