Election 2011: EKOS-NDP Doubled Support
EKOS has fresh numbers out just now and as of today's poll projects as many as 100 seats for the NDP.
EKOS Seat Projection (April 25, 2011, EKOS) (PDF) - CPC 131, LPC 62, NDP 100, GPC 0, Bloc 14, Other 1 - total 308.
Who is the third party now?
NDP leapfrogs Liberals to land in second spot in "astonishing" twist (April 25, 2011 - iPolitics.ca) Pollster Frank Graves calls it an unprecedented turn and "astonishing shift" for the NDP, which has traditionally trailed the two other main federal parties. Leader Jack Layton is climbing most dramatically in Quebec, but building momentum in all regions of the country.
"We have seen almost from Day One a slow, steady and now a dramatic rise where the NDP has gone from 14 points in a pre-writ poll to 28 points," Graves said. "That is a doubling - I've never seen anything close to that."
ORANGE CRUSH: ARE JACK LAYTON AND THE NDP REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES OF CANADA'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE? (April 25, 2011, EKOS Politics) With all the necessary provisos and caveats about weekends and how things can still change, we are reporting the results of over 3,000 cases collected from Friday to Sunday which suggest an astonishing shift in the voter landscape from the outset of this campaign. While the Conservatives are still hanging on to a fairly stable (if somewhat diminished) 33.7 front runner position, the NDP wave which has continued in Quebec is now gaining a strong foothold throughout English Canada.