Definitely not 11 Doesn t really matter 32. Reformers Manning s raison d etre for the new party appears to be corroborated by the survey. The new party is intended especially to reach out to Progressive Conservative voters. The poll shows that potential recruits among PC voters are especially intrigued by the idea. Of course, it is current Reformers who must decide the fate of their party along with the future of the potential, new party.
Reformers are the ones who are the least enthusiastic.
Respondents outside Quebec were asked twice how they would vote, once with Reform as an option and once with UA as an option. Introducing the UA has the apparent effect of destabilising the electorate as a whole and especially the Reform and Liberal votes with both scattering somewhat. UA is able to replenish the lost Reform votes, as detailed below. But the Liberals would seem not to replenish their lost votes. It is as if the introduction of the new party harms the Liberal vote most by making Liberal voters rethink their current loyalties.