Opinion polling for the 1988 Canadian federal election

Polls leading up to the 1988 Canadian federal election.

National polls

Graph of opinion polls conducted

Campaign period

Evolution of voting intentions at national level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Other	ME	Sample	Margin
Voting results			43.02	31.92	20.38	4.68			11.10
Gallup	November 19, 1988	[1]	40	35	22	3	—	—	—
Insight Canada Research	November 18, 1988	[2]	43	32	20	5	—	—	—
Angus Reid	November 17, 1988	[3]	41	33	23	3	± 2.5	1,512	8
Gallup	November 12, 1988	[4]	35	35	26	4	± 4.0	1,026	0
Canadian Facts	November 8, 1988	[5]	38	38	21	—	± 2.2	2,200	0
Angus Reid	November 8, 1988	[6]	39	35	24	—	± 2.5	1,501	4
Environics	November 8, 1988	[7]	35	37	24	5	—	1,275	—
Gallup	November 5, 1988	[8]	31	43	22	—	± 4.0	1,041	12
Insight Canada Research	November 3, 1988	[9]	37	40	20	3	± 3.2	1,101	3
Environics	October 30, 1988	[10]	31	37	26	6	—	727	—
Insight Canada Research	November 3, 1988	[10]	35	39	23	3	—	1,100	—
Gallup	October 29, 1988	[10][11]	38	32	27	3	—	1,034	—
Angus Reid	October 27, 1988	[12]	35	35	28	2	± 2.5	1,502	0
Environics	October 26, 1988	[10]	32	32	28	8	—	811	—
Gallup	October 15, 1988	[13]	39	29	28	4	± 4.0	1,027	10
Environics	October 10, 1988	[14]	42	25	29	5	—	1,515	—
Angus Reid	October 3, 1988	[15]	45	26	27	2	± 2.5	1,512	19
Gallup	October 3, 1988	[16]	43	33	22	2	± 4.0	1,061	10
Official call of federal elections (October 1, 1988)

During the 33rd Parliament of Canada

Evolution of voting intentions at national level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Other	ME	Sample
Gallup	September 10, 1988	[17]	37	33	27	—	± 4.0	1,032
Gallup	August 6, 1988	[18]	34	35	30	—	± 4.0	1,036
Environics	July 26, 1988	[19]	34	38	26	—	± 2.5	1,503
Angus Reid	July 25, 1988	[19]	35	34	28	—	—	—
Gallup	July 11, 1988	[20]	35	37	27	1	—	—
Environics	June 27, 1988	[21]	31	37	30	2	—	1,992
Angus Reid	June 21, 1988	[22]	33	34	31	2	± 2.5	1,506
Gallup	June 4, 1988	[20]	31	39	29	1	—	—
Angus Reid	May 18, 1988	[23]	31	37	30	2	—	—
Gallup	May 7, 1988	[20]	28	39	31	2	—	—
Gallup	April 9, 1988	[20]	31	38	30	1	—	—
Environics	March 24, 1988	[24]	29	40	30	1	—	1,983
Angus Reid	March 21, 1988	[25]	34	30	34	2	± 2.5	1,517
Gallup	March 5, 1988	[20]	28	37	33	2	—	—
Angus Reid	February 23, 1988	[26]	32	33	33	2	± 2.5	1,521
Gallup	February 6, 1988	[27]	27	41	31	1	± 4.0	1,022
Gallup	January 9, 1988	[28]	30	36	31	2	—	—
	Ratification of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (January 2, 1988)
Gallup	December 5, 1987	[28][29]	29	35	34	2	± 4.0	1,000
Angus Reid	December 4, 1987	[29]	30	37	32	—	± 2.5	1,507
Gallup	November 7, 1987	[28]	25	40	33	2	—	—
Gallup	October 10, 1987	[28]	23	38	38	1	—	—
Gallup	September 5, 1987	[28]	25	36	37	2	—	—
Gallup	August 8, 1987	[28]	25	36	37	2	—	—
Gallup	July 11, 1987	[28]	23	35	41	1	—	—
Angus Reid	June 24, 1987	[30]	26	32	40	—	± 2.5	1,504
Environics	June 10, 1987	[30]	26	36	37	—	—	—
Gallup	June 6, 1987	[28]	24	39	35	2	—	—
	Signing of the Meech Lake Accord (June 2–3, 1987)
Angus Reid	May 25, 1987	[31]	22	38	38	—	± 2.5	1,521
Angus Reid	May 11, 1987	[32]	25	36	37	—	—	1,670
Gallup	May 9, 1987	[28]	26	42	30	3	—	1,014
Gallup	April 11, 1987	[33]	24	42	32	3	—	1,008
Gallup	March 14, 1987	[33]	24	41	34	1	—	—
Angus Reid	March 6, 1987	[34]	23	42	33	2	± 2.5	1,666
Gallup	February 14, 1987	[33]	22	44	32	2	—	—
Gallup	January 10, 1987	[33]	28	41	30	1	—	—
Gallup	December 6, 1986	[33]	30	45	25	1	—	—
Gallup	November 8, 1986	[33]	31	39	29	1	—	—
Gallup	October 4, 1986	[33]	31	38	29	1	—	—
Gallup	September 13, 1986	[35]	35	36	28	2	± 4.0	1,000
Gallup	August 16, 1986	[33]	33	41	24	2	—	—
Gallup	August 9, 1986	[33]	31	35	33	1	—	—
Gallup	July 5, 1986	[33]	36	41	21	2	—	—
Angus Reid	June 24, 1986	[36]	31	38	27	—	—	1,673
CROP-Environics	June 15, 1986	[37][38]	36	39	24	—	—	2,040
Gallup	June 7, 1986	[39]	32	40	27	1	—	—
Angus Reid	May 13, 1986	[40]	38	36	24	—	± 2.5	1,063
Gallup	May 3, 1986	[33]	32	40	27	1	—	—
Gallup	April 5, 1986	[33]	37	40	21	2	—	—
Gallup	March 15, 1986	[33]	41	34	25	1	—	—
Gallup	February 8, 1986	[33]	36	41	23	1	—	—
Gallup	December 7, 1985	[33]	37	38	24	1	—	—
Gallup	November 9, 1985	[35]	40	36	24	0	—	—
Gallup	October 5, 1985	[35]	43	35	22	1	—	—
Gallup	September 7, 1985	[35]	48	29	22	1	—	—
Angus Reid	August 27, 1985	[41]	46	29	21	4	—	—
Gallup	August 10, 1985	[39][41]	46	32	20	2	—	1,037
Gallup	July 13, 1985	[42]	40	33	26	1	—	—
Gallup	June 8, 1985	[42]	44	33	21	2	—	—
Gallup	May 18, 1985	[42]	45	31	22	1	—	—
Gallup	April 6, 1985	[43]	54	24	21	1	± 4.0	1,037
Gallup	February 23, 1985	[42]	56	26	17	1	—	—
Gallup	February 2, 1985	[42]	53	25	21	1	—	—
Gallup	January 5, 1985	[42][44]	53	25	21	1	± 4.0	1,054
Gallup	December 8, 1984	[42]	54	24	20	2	—	—
CROP	November 30, 1984	[45][46]	57	22	20	1	± 2.0	1,971
Gallup	November 3, 1984	[42]	55	23	20	2	—	—
Gallup	October 13, 1984	[42]	60	21	17	3	—	—
Election 1984	September 4, 1984		50.03	28.02	18.81	3.14

By geographic area

In Québec

Evolution of voting intentions in Québec

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Other	ME	Sample
	Voting results		52.7	30.3	14.4	2.6
Gallup	November 19, 1988	[1]	47	32	17	4	—	—
CROP	November 18, 1988	[1]	45	36	17	—	—	—
Angus Reid	November 17, 1988	[3]	50	29	21	0	—	—
Angus Reid	November 8, 1988	[6]	49	35	16	—	—	—
Environics	November 8, 1988	[7]	45	33	18	4	—	—
Gallup	November 5, 1988	[8]	32	46	18	2	—	—
Environics	October 30, 1988	[10]	34	35	23	8	—	—
Gallup	October 15, 1988	[13]	45	30	23	2	—	—
Environics	October 10, 1988	[10]	47	23	25	5	—	—
Angus Reid	October 3, 1988	[15]	56	20	23	1	—	—
Gallup	October 3, 1988	[16]	44	34	20	2	—	—
	Official call of federal elections (October 1, 1988)
CROP	September 22, 1988	[47]	42	30	27	0	—	—
Gallup	August 6, 1988	[18]	37	41	23	—	—	—
Gallup	July 9, 1988	[48]	42	37	20	—	—	—
CROP	June 22, 1988	[49]	31	45	23	1	—	1,605
Angus Reid	June 21, 1988	[22]	35	36	26	3	—	—
Gallup	June 4, 1988	[50]	22	50	26	—	—	—
Sorécom	May 24, 1988	[51]	31	40	27	—	± 3.0	1,102
Angus Reid	May 18, 1988	[23]	28	41	30	1	—	—
CROP	May 18, 1988	[47]	30	44	26	1	—	—
CROP	April 19, 1988	[47]	26	46	28	0	—	—
Sorecom	April 13, 1988	[52]	31	38	31	0	—	991
Gallup	April 9, 1988	[52]	20	43	36	1	—	—
Environics	March 24, 1988	[24]	24	46	29	—	—	—
CROP	March 7, 1988	[53]	27	46	26	1	± 4.0	647
Sorécom	February 28, 1988	[54]	28	39	31	—	—	1,191
Angus Reid	February 23, 1988	[26][55]	31	32	35	—	—	—
Gallup	February 6, 1988	[27]	21	51	27	—	—	—
Gallup	January 9, 1988	[27]	28	38	32	—	—	—
Gallup	November 7, 1987	[56]	25	38	—	—	—	—
CROP	June 18, 1987	[47]	22	46	31	1	—	—
Angus Reid	May 25, 1987	[31]	16	30	50	—	—	—
Gallup	April 11, 1987	[33]	17	49	34	—	—	—
IQOP	April 10, 1987	[57]	18	41	41	—	—	—
Angus Reid	March 4, 1987	[34]	17	40	40	—	—	392
Sorécom	February 27, 1987	[34]	18	45	36	—	± 2.3	1,200
Sorécom	September 26, 1986	[58]	27	43	31	—	—	1,824
Angus Reid	June 24, 1986	[36]	20	48	27	—	—	—
CROP/Environics	June 15, 1986	[37]	25	49	25	—	—	—
Sorécom	May 25, 1986	[59]	28	42	30	—	± 3.0	1,995
Angus Reid	May 13, 1986	[40]	30	45	22	—	—	—
UdeM	April 22, 1986	[60]	32	50	16	2	—	2,013
Sorécom	February 28, 1986	[61]	27	47	26	1	± 2.89	1,227
IQOP	January 24, 1986	[62]	23	54	21	—	—	—
Sorécom	May 23, 1985	[61]	57	26	16	1	—	—
Election 1984			50.2	35.4	8.8	5.6

In Ontario

Evolution of voting intentions in Ontario

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Other	ME	Sample
Voting results	November 21, 1988		38.2	38.9	20.1	2.8
Environics	October 10, 1988	[14]	37	27	33	3	—	—
Gallup	February 6, 1988	[63]	26	42	32	0	—	—
Gallup	January 9, 1988	[64]	28	42	30	0	—	—
Elections in 1984			47.6	29.8	20.8	1.8

In Alberta

Evolution of voting intentions in Alberta

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Reform	Other	ME	Sample
Voting results			51.8	13.7	17.4	15.4	1.7
Environics	October 10, 1988	[14]	49	15	24	12	0	—	—
Angus Reid	June 24, 1986	[65]	51	18	27	—	4	—	—
Elections in 1984			68.8	12.7	14.1	—	4.4

In British Columbia

Evolution of voting intentions in British Columbia

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PC	LPC	NDP	Reform	Other	ME	Sample
Voting results			35.3	20.4	37.0	4.8	2.5
Environics	October 10, 1988	[14]	31	22	40	—	7	—	—
Gallup	October 3, 1988	[16]	39	25	29	—	7	—	—
Angus Reid	May 25, 1987	[66]	24	34	42	–	0	—	—
Elections in 1984			46.6	16.4	35.1	–	1.9