According to pollster Nik Nanos, there hasn't been a scandal or sensational issue to drive voters to the polls, so "it would be hard to see a flip at this particular point in the game."
Published Jul 20, 2023 at 7:50pm
A sign directs voters to a polling station in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, June 2, 2022. (Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press)
As advance voting gets underway for provincial by-elections in Kanata-Carleton and Scarborough-Guildwood, one pollster isn’t expecting any surprise results.
“The reality is that both ridings will likely be holds,” said Nik Nanos, the chief data scientist at Nanos Research.
Both by-elections are scheduled for July 27, though eligible voters have until Friday to apply to vote by mail.
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