Canadian Attitudes on Coalitions Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission www.ekos.com Support for coalition government Q. If you were forced to choose between a Conservative minority government led by Stephen Harper and a coalition government made up of Liberals and New Democrats/New Democrats and Liberals and led by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau/NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, which would you prefer? Note: Figures adjusted to exclude those who skipped the question Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians (half-sample); September 17-22, 2015 (n=1,181/1,162), MOE +/- 2.9%, 19 times out of 20 Support for coalition by party support Trudeau-led coalition Q. If you were forced to choose between a Conservative minority government led by Stephen Harper and a coalition government made up of Liberals and New Democrats and led by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, which would you prefer? Mulcair-led coalition Q. If you were forced to choose between a Conservative minority government led by Stephen Harper and a coalition government made of up New Democrats and Liberals and led by NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, which would you prefer? Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians (half-sample); September 17-22, 2015 (n=1,181/1,162), MOE +/- 2.9%, 19 times out of 20 Support for Trudeau-led coalition Q. If you were forced to choose between a Conservative minority government led by Stephen Harper and a coalition government made up of Liberals and New Democrats and led by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau*, which would you prefer? Note: Figures adjusted to exclude those who did not provide a valid response. *Prior to the 2011 federal election, respondents were asked about a coalition government led by then-Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians (half-sample); September 17-22, 2015 (n=1,181), MOE +/- 2.9%, 19 times out of 20 Support for Mulcair-led coalition Q. If you were forced to choose between a Conservative minority government led by Stephen Harper and a coalition government made of up New Democrats and Liberals and led by NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, which would you prefer? Note: Figures adjusted to exclude those who skipped the question Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians (half-sample); September 17-22, 2015 (n=1,162), MOE +/- 2.9%, 19 times out of 20 Preferred lifespan of a coalition Q. In the event that the NDP and the Liberal Party form a coalition government, government would you like to see this government stay in power for less than a year, at least one year or a full four-year term? Less than a year At least one year A full four-year term Don’t know / No response Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians; September 17-22, 2015 (n=2,343), MOE +/- 2.0%, 19 times out of 20 Preferred coalition Q. Assuming the next election results in Q. [IF COALITION] Assuming that all seats in some form of minority government, do the next federal election are won by the you believe that the country would be following five parties, which of these better off if the government were run by parties would you like to see included in a single political party or by a coalition this coalition government?* government made up of two or more political parties? NDP-Liberal-Green NDP-Liberal IF COALITION (n=1,029) NDP-Green Conservative-NDPLiberal-Green Conservative-Liberal Liberal-Green Other Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission *Respondents were presented with a checklist of all five major federal parties (Conservative, NDP, Liberal, Green, and Bloc Québécois) and asked to choose a minimum of two. BASE: Canadians; September 14-22, 2015 (n=2,011), MOE +/- 2.2%, 19 times out of 20 Preference for coalition by party Q. Assuming the next election results in some form of minority government, do you support believe that the country would be better off if the government were run by a single political party or by a coalition government made up of two or more political parties? Overall Copyright 2015 No reproduction without permission BASE: Canadians; September 14-22, 2015 (n=2,011), MOE +/- 2.2%, 19 times out of 20