With the federal election around the corner, pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle give you everything you need to know before you speak with your friends, relatives and neighbours this weekend.

Nik and Michael talk about the important difference between the popular vote and seat distribution, key battlegrounds to watch and the vulnerabilities faced by frontrunners Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre over the course of the campaign.

HOST: Michael Stittle

GUEST: Nik Nanos

PRODUCER: Phil Hahn

EDITOR: Mike Campoli

With the federal election around the corner, pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle give you everything you need to know before you speak with your friends, relatives and neighbours this weekend.
Nik and Michael talk about the important difference between the popular vote and seat distribution, key battlegrounds to watch and the vulnerabilities faced by frontrunners Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre over the course of the campaign.
HOST: Michael Stittle
GUEST: Nik Nanos
PRODUCER: Phil Hahn
EDITOR: Mike Campoli

A check-in on the public mood of Canadians with CTV News' pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle.

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Cheat sheet for federal election 2025

With just under four weeks left in the federal election campaign, Nanos Research ballot numbers have the Liberals leading in every region except the Prairies, where the Conservatives continue to dominate.

Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle get into what regions are driving the Liberal surge -- at the expense of not just the Conservatives, but the NDP and the Greens.They also discuss what Canadians feel about Poilievre's refusal to get security clearance -- an issue that has continued to dog him during the campaign.

HOST: Michael Stittle
GUEST: Nik Nanos
PRODUCER: Phil Hahn
EDITOR: Mike Campoli

With just under four weeks left in the federal election campaign, Nanos Research ballot numbers have the Liberals leading in every region except the Prairies, where the Conservatives continue to dominate.
Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle get into what regions are driving the Liberal surge -- at the expense of not just the Conservatives, but the NDP and the Greens.They also discuss what Canadians feel about Poilievre's refusal to get security clearance -- an issue that has continued to dog him during the campaign.
HOST: Michael Stittle GUEST: Nik Nanos PRODUCER: Phil Hahn EDITOR: Mike Campoli

Poilievre Conservatives 'rock solid' in Prairies, but Carney Liberals make 'massive' gains elsewhere

The campaign hasn't even started but the gloves are off with Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney hurling attack ads at each other, with the ballot question being who can best protect Canada against Donald Trump.

Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle look at the ballot numbers which have become so close it's a "toss up"; and they take a deeper look into the regions which show Liberals making some significant gains in seat projections, at the expense of the Conservatives.

HOST: Michael Stittle
GUEST: Nik Nanos
PRODUCER: Phil Hahn
EDITOR: Mike Campoli

The campaign hasn't even started but the gloves are off with Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney hurling attack ads at each other, with the ballot question being who can best protect Canada against Donald Trump.
Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle look at the ballot numbers which have become so close it's a "toss up"; and they take a deeper look into the regions which show Liberals making some significant gains in seat projections, at the expense of the Conservatives.
HOST: Michael Stittle GUEST: Nik Nanos PRODUCER: Phil Hahn EDITOR: Mike Campoli

Donald Trump the 'uninvited guest' for the upcoming Canadian election

New Nanos numbers show the federal Liberals enjoying a rebound in popular support at the expense of the Conservatives and NDP, amid simmering tensions with the U.S.

Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle also discuss how concern over Trump has jumped to the top issue of national concern, and what this reversal of fortunes between the Liberals and Conservatives says about the leadership of Pierre Poilievre.

HOST: Michael Stittle
GUEST: Nik Nanos
PRODUCER: Phil Hahn
EDITOR: Dell Rasmussen

New Nanos numbers show the federal Liberals enjoying a rebound in popular support at the expense of the Conservatives and NDP, amid simmering tensions with the U.S.
Pollster Nik Nanos and host Michael Stittle also discuss how concern over Trump has jumped to the top issue of national concern, and what this reversal of fortunes between the Liberals and Conservatives says about the leadership of Pierre Poilievre.
HOST: Michael Stittle GUEST: Nik Nanos PRODUCER: Phil Hahn EDITOR: Dell Rasmussen

Cheat sheet for federal election 2025

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