Quebec Liberals remain in third place overall and dead last among francophone voters, a Pallas poll suggests.
The telephone survey, conducted with 1,111 Quebec adults on Sept. 26, shows the PQ leading in voter popularity with 34 per cent, followed by the CAQ with 22 per cent, the Quebec Liberal Party with 18 per cent, the Quebec Conservative Party with 14 per cent and Québec solidaire with 12 per cent.
Support among French-speaking voters, a determining factor of elections in Quebec, shows the PQ enjoying 42 per cent support among francophones, compared with 23 per cent for the CAQ. The Quebec Liberals, while polling 43 per cent support among non-francophones, placed dead last with francophones with just 10 per cent support.
The PQ has also made significant inroads within the CAQ’s traditional base of older voters, polling 30 per cent with those between the ages of 50-64 — eight points ahead of the CAQ — and 38 per cent with voters 65 and over, nine points ahead of the government.
Polling at 34 per cent in the greater Montreal area, the PQ leads the second-place Liberals by 11 points. The PQ also enjoys an 11-point lead over the CAQ in the Quebec City area and a 33-per-cent lead in the rest of the province, eight points ahead of the CAQ.