A post election poll suggests more than one-third of Canadians voted strategically in last week’s election to stop another party from winning.
The new Leger poll found that 35% of respondents said their decision about who to support took into account the chances that their vote would prevent another party’s candidate from being victorious.
Numbers suggest Justin Trudeau’s late efforts to warn progressive voters against voting for any one else would lead to a Conservative government were taken to heart. The poll found that 13% made their voting decision during the last week, 6% during the final weekend and 10% literally at the last minute on the October 21st voting day.
The online survey of 15-hundred-and-three adult Canadians was conducted October 22nd to the 24th for The Canadian Press and weighted to reflect the makeup of Canada’s population.
