Kellie Leitch wants to be lightning rod, Raitt looking to future, says Nik Nanos

Conservative Party will face a choice between a new path, and old tactics, says the veteran pollster.

'I think it would be fair to say that Kellie Leitch is trying to win on the old franchise, ‘let’s be focused, let’s be super efficient at delivering our vote, and let’s practise wedge politics,' said pollster Nik Nanos. 'What’s clear is that Lisa Raitt is trying to position herself as someone who can take the party into the future.' The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY TIM NAUMETZ

November 9, 2016

The only two women in a current field of 12 Conservative leadership candidates could emerge as the leading options for the Tory rank and file as voting day nears, says Nanos Research pollster Nik Nanos. The choice will likely be clear, Mr. Nanos told The Hill Times on the eve of the contes...

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