The Pollcast: The state of the Conservative leadership race

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

With Michael Chong launching his leadership campaign this week, the race to replace Stephen Harper now has three contestants. What are their chances?

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With a year to go before members of the Conservative Party cast ballots, Chong has joined fellow Ontario MP Kellie Leitch and Quebec MP Maxime Bernierin the marathon race. None of them, however, are seen as front runners which is why they have launched their campaigns early in order to build up their profile and organization.

Can they use the time ahead of them to build a constituency large enough within the party to prevail? What impact might the upcoming party convention have on the race? And who will be the next Conservative to throw his or her hat into the ring?

Joining host ric Grenier to break down the race are Conservative insiders Tim Powers of Summa Strategies and Chad Rogers of Crestview Strategy.

The CBC Election Pollcast26:40The Conservative leadership race

Were up to 3 candidates officially running to become leader of the Conservative party. We discuss the race with Tim Powers from Summa Strategies and Chad Rogers from Crestview Strategy.

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