Nanos Research polls show the Conservative Party continues to lead Liberals, NDP [Video]

Chief Data Scientist for Nanos Research, Nik Nanos, discusses the latest polling numbers showing the Conservative party maintaining a strong lead over the governing Liberals.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: It’s been quite the week of heightened tensions but has polling shifted much in the time since the NDP ripped up its agreement with the liberals and the lead up to the start of votes of nonconfidence?

Nik Nanos: It hasn’t changed in one respect, and has changed or shifted a little bit in another. First of all, the Conservatives remain firmly in the driver’s seat. They’re at around 42 per cent, clearly in majority territory, 17 points ahead of the of the Liberals.

What we did see is a little bit of an uptick for the New Democrats after they ended their parliamentary arrangement with the Liberals.

I think that’s kind of the worst case scenario for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals if the NDP start …