The NDP’s disadvantage

The NDP can afford to do some polling, and if those polls are carefully crafted and properly interpreted, the party can still manage to piece together a communication strategy that resonates with voters.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured April 14, 2021, on the Hill. If the New Democrats can’t afford to undertake such rapid polling, they’ll basically be flying partially blind. In a sense, the NDP might be playing the game short-handed. Doesn’t mean they can’t score, but it’ll be much more difficult, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

July 1, 2021

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Anyone wanting to handicap the NDP’s chances in the next federal election, should bear in mind what I’d call the party’s polling disadvantage. That’s to say, both the Liberals and Conservatives can probably outdo the NDP when it comes to consistently and effectively gauging...

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