Kneel before your Nanosian overlords – 39/28/18/7/7

But hey, at least Stephane Dion finally clawed his way past Jack Layton, and into second place in the Leadership Index!

(Regionals, charts, graphs and other goodies available on the main Nanos Research site and Nik explains it all here.)

Question: If a FEDERAL election were held today, could you please rank your top two current local voting preferences? (First ranked reported)

Committed Voters – Canada (N=993, MoE ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20)

• Conservative Party 39% (NC)
• Liberal Party 28% (-2)
• NDP 18% (NC)
• BQ 7% (NC)
• Green Party 7% (+1)
• Undecided 17% (-1)

Question: Of the following individuals, who do you think would make the best Prime Minister? [Rotate] (N=1,200,MoE ± 2.8%, 19 times out of 20)

• Conservative leader Stephen Harper 38% (NC)
• NDP leader Jack Layton 17% (-1)
• Liberal leader Stephane Dion 14% (NC)
• Green Party leader Elizabeth May 3% (NC)
• Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe 3% (NC)
• None of them 7% (+1)
• Unsure 19% (+1)

Question: Which of the federal leaders would you best describe as:

• The most trustworthy leader
• The most competent leader
• The leader with the best vision for Canada’s future

[Leadership Index Score – Daily roll-up of all three measures]

• Stephen Harper 103 (-2)
• Stephane Dion 53 (+16)
• Jack Layton 42 (-4)
• Elizabeth May 11 (-4)
• Gilles Duceppe 9 (-8)