Pollsters expect ‘acrimonious, intensely fought’ federal election campaign, high-tech ‘black ops’ from domestic and foreign third parties

'It’s game on. Buckle up, it’s going to be an extremely unpredictable election,’ says EKOS Research president Frank Graves.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. Pollsters are predicting an unprecedented, close, and acrimonious campaign in the fall between the political parties.
The next election campaign is shaping up to be one of the most “acrimonious, intensely fought," and “unprecedented" runs in Canadian political history, involving populism and the use of "high-tech black ops through algorithms and social media” by domestic and foreign players, say pollsters. ...

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