Battle of Ontario: What election stops tell us about party hopes [Video]

Voters in southwestern Ontario are getting used to the sight of orange and blue battle buses swinging into their towns and cities, with party leaders visiting ridings they think they have a chance of flipping ahead of election day.

Ontario’s election campaign is playing out on several fronts, with canvassers knocking on doors all over the province and ads promoting social media users to consider certain candidates.

Where the leaders go — and the locations they choose to hold big policy events or photo ops — is another facet of the campaign, hinting at which areas the central campaign is optimistic or nervous about.

Over the opening two weeks of the campaign, Global News has tracked the locations of public events all four party leaders have held and which ridings they’re appearing in most.

Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford launched his re-election campaign deep into territory the Ontario NDP won in 2022.

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