La Belle Province: Québec Poll shows Liberals, CAQ tied

April 17th, 2018 | by Richard Paul

Business and Finance

BREAKING NEWS: Montreal Gazette

Poll shows Liberals, CAQ tied

The Quebec Liberal Party has caught up to the Coalition Avenir Québec and the two are tied in voter support, according to a new Mainstreet Research poll for L’Actualité and QC125.com released Monday.

MONTREAL GAZETTE

Published on: April 16, 2018 | Last Updated: April 16, 2018 8:04 PM EDT

Overall voter intention according to a Mainstreet Research poll for L’Actualité conducted April 7-9, 2018. MONTREAL GAZETTE

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The poll shows the two parties each with 30 per cent support, followed by the Parti Québécois at 16 per cent and Québec solidaire at 12 per cent.

It’s the CAQ’s lowest score since October, and the worst score for the PQ in the past year, according to QC125’s analysis of previous polls.

The latest poll of 1,062 Quebecers taken April 7-9 also includes the New Democratic Party of Quebec and the Conservative Party of Quebec, each with four per cent of the vote. Neither party has ever elected a member to the National Assembly.

Among francophones, Mainstreet’s poll has the CAQ leading with 33 per cent support, followed by the Liberals with 25 per cent, the PQ with 18 per cent and QS with 14 per cent. This is a significant four-point increase for the Liberals.

Meanwhile, the remaining field is not yet in step with the program but we have;

Here is the list of reserved names. An application is valid for a period of six months.
Reserved name	Start of the reservation period	End of the reservation period	Name of applicant
Parti réformiste du Québec	October 31, 2017	May 1st, 2018	Marie L’Heureux
Parti vivre ensemble et diversité du Québec	November 24, 2017	May 24, 2018	Maurice Andraos