Canada: Election Results

Preliminary Results

National Party Party standing %   Popular vote %

Animal Alliance/Environment Voters	0	0.0		1,451	0.0
Bloc Québécois	4	1.3		889,788	6.0
CAP	0	0.0		2,030	0.0
CHP Canada	0	0.0		19,218	0.1
Communist	0	0.0		2,925	0.0
Conservative	167	54.2		5,832,401	39.6
FPNP	0	0.0		228	0.0
Green Party	1	0.3		576,221	3.9
Independent	0	0.0		63,340	0.4
Liberal	34	11.0		2,783,175	18.9
Libertarian	0	0.0		6,017	0.0
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		10,160	0.1
NDP-New Democratic Party	102	33.1		4,508,474	30.6
No Affiliation	0	0.0		9,391	0.1
PC Party	0	0.0		5,838	0.0
Pirate Party	0	0.0		3,198	0.0
Radical Marijuana	0	0.0		1,864	0.0
Rhinoceros	0	0.0		3,819	0.0
United Party	0	0.0		294	0.0
WBP	0	0.0		748	0.0

Total number of valid votes:

14,720,580

Polls reporting: 71,486/71,513	Voter turnout: 14,720,580 of 23,971,740 registered electors (61.4%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

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Source: Elections Canada

Creepy: 42 percent of Americans Support Quota System for Public Office Instead of Free Elections

Women are evenly divided on this matter, with 42 per cent calling for a quota system, and 41 per cent opposing the idea.
A quota to boost female participation in public office is more popular among respondents aged 18 to 34 (40%) and supporters of the Democratic Party (43%).
Majorities of respondents over the age of 55 (62%), Republicans (64%) and Independents (53%) oppose the idea of setting up quotas for women candidates.

Angus-Reid

Canada: Conservatives Enjoy 14 pt Lead

If a federal election were held tomorrow, which one of the following parties would you be most likely to support in your constituency?

	Sept. 18	Sept. 12	Sept. 9	Aug. 2008
Conservative	38%	39%	38%	36%
Liberal	24%	23%	24%	28%
New Democratic Party	19%	18%	21%	18%
Green	10%	10%	7%	8%
Bloc Québécois	9%	9%	9%	9%
Other	1%	1%	1%	1%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies / Toronto Star
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,502 Canadian adults, conducted on Sept. 17 and Sept. 18, 2008. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.

Canada: New Democratic Party Could Get up to 30% in Next Election

In the next federal election, would you consider voting for the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in your riding?

Definitely / Probably consider	30%
Definitely / Probably not	56%

Which of these statements comes closest to your own point of view?

It is important to have NDP members of Parliament in Ottawa, whether or not they can form the government	52%
The NDP cannot form the government, so I feel my vote should go to either of the two main parties	25%

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	Agree	Disagree
Jack Layton would make a good prime minister of Canada	37%	44%
I am uncomfortable with the NDP’s relationship with labour unions	41%	36%
The NDP cares more about the environment than any other federal party	45%	34%
NDP legislators act with honesty and uphold the highest ethical standards	45%	33%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with a representative national sample of 1,088 Canadian adults, conducted on Jun. 12 and Jun. 13, 2007. Margin of error is 3.0 per cent.