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Post-Debate Summary: French-Language Leaders' Debate

French Leaders Debate Audience Says Dion Clear Winner
1 in 5 (20%) Viewers Say They Changed Their Mind

Canadian Farmers Would Re-elect a Conservative Government

Among Decided Canadian Farmers: Conservatives 59%, Liberals 17%, NDP 10%, Bloc Quebecois 3% (20% in Quebec) and Green Party 7%

Farmers are Twice as Likely to Believe that the Conservatives Would be Most Helpful in Meeting the Needs of the Agriculture Community than Would All of the Other Parties Combined

Channel Surfing the Simultaneous Canada and US Debates

Three in Ten (28%) Plan to Only Watch The Canadian Debate,
One Third (23%) Will Flip Between the Two, While 4% Will
Only Watch the U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate

And the Brand Played On: Assessing the Attributes of The Major Federal Parties

Only Four in Ten (39%) `Approve' NDP/Liberal Coalition to Block Conservative Majority

Even If Coalition Went Forward, Layton (29%) Tops Dion (22%)
In Choice for PM, But Half Say `Neither'

Grits Under Siege: Liberal Vote Collapse in Ontario, NDP Surge Has Harper Tories Flirting with Majority

Nationally, Tories (39%) Well Ahead as
NDP (18%) Closes Gap on Liberals (23%)

Most Canadians (62%) Say Parties' Stance on Issues Will Drive their Vote, Not Party Leaders (21%) or Local Candidates (17%)

Nearly One Half (46%) of Quebecers Believe that
a Vote for The Bloc is `a Wasted Vote'

As Markets Decline, Economy (26%) Rising in Importance in Campaign

Healthcare (19%), Taxes (12%) the Environment (11%) Trail

In Case you Didn't Notice, An Election is Happening: Few (21%) Canadians Giving this Campaign More Attention

Most Want Majority (48%), Not Minority (32%),
but Think Another Minority (41%) is in the Cards

Tories on the March as Ontario Grit Vote Collapses, Bloc Falter

Bad Impressions:
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has Worst Week of all Party Leaders