The Pollcast: Behind the scenes of the Conservative leadership race

The CBCPollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst ric Grenier, explores the world of electoralpolitics,political polls and the trends they reveal.

With 14 candidates in the running, more than a year of campaigning and over a dozen debates to be held before the votes are finally counted on May 27, the Conservative leadership campaign poses unique challenges to journalists.

How do we balance coverage when there are so many candidates vying for attention? Which events are the pivotal ones in the race? And how do wegauge how the actual decision makers expected to be no more than 150,000 Conservative party members that are eligible to vote plan to cast their ballots?

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The CBC's Catherine Cullen, who has been covering the leadership race since its beginning, joins Pollcast host ric Grenier to discuss these challenges and what she is hearing and seeing behind the scenes on the campaign trail.

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