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This table provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted from the 2011 Canadian federal election leading up to the 2015 Canadian federal election, which was held on October 19, 2015. For riding-specific polls see 2015 constituency polls.
The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act , the writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4.
According to preliminary figures from Elections Canada, more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, or about 17,546,697 registered electors—a seven percentage point increase from the 2011 federal election, when turnout was just more than 61 per cent.
The lowest voter turnout on record was in 2008, when eligible voter turnout fell to only 58.8% (44.1% of the total population). [citation needed] Eligible voter turnout in the 2011 federal election, at 61.1%, was the third lowest in Canadian history, but at 44.3% of the total population, the 12th lowest since women got the vote in 1918).
Close elections always come down to turnout. ... with Vice President Kamala Harris during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10. ... News poll of ...
Opinion polls have been conducted from the months following the previous general election held in May 2011, and have increased in frequency leading up to the general election. Given the expense of polling individual constituencies, constituencies are usually only polled if they are of some particular interest, e.g. they are thought to be ...
September 30, 2015: Confirmed list of candidates is published. October 9–12, 2015: Advance polls were open. An estimated record of 3.6 million electors cast their ballot, a 71% increase over the previous 2011 election. [70] This turnout was superseded during the 2019 general election. October 19, 2015: Scheduled polling day.
The worst Ohio voter turnout for a presidential election since 1978 was in 2000 when George W. Bush won against Al Gore. That year, 63.73% of Ohio voters cast their ballots, about 4.8 million ...