It could be a ‘bloodbath for the Liberals’ if polls hold up until next election, say political strategists and insiders 

With recent polling highs, the Conservatives could go after safe Liberal and NDP ridings, says Dan Robertson, a former senior Tory strategist. The party could start their target riding list with the 34 swing ridings that it held in the 2011 election, but which became Liberal in 2015, and largely stayed red in 2019 and 2021.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. If the Conservatives are able to maintain the current support momentum until the next election, they can be ambitious and target safe Liberal and NDP ridings, say political strategists.

If the Conservatives maintain a double-digit margin lead until the next election, they will target safe Liberal and NDP seats instead of just marginal ridings, say senior political strategists.

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