The Race for Third
Back in February I asked readers of this blog who they thought would run for Liberal leader, and who they'd consider voting for. Admittedly, this is as far from a scientific poll as you'll ever get, and I won't pretend that the 500+ voters in this straw poll are all Liberals. But we're not going to see anything resembling a credible Liberal leadership poll for close to a year, so let's have a little fun with what we've got.
Before that, one other thing. It looks like a group of Borys Wrzesnewskyj supporters swarmed the poll late, so I've excluded Borys from my recap below. Mind you, the fact that he appears to be the only candidate with supporters dedicated enough to freep a web poll at this stage should likely tell you there are people out there who would like him to run. Which is more than can be said for a lot of the names I floated.
Likely to Run?
Bob Rae 52%
Dominic LeBlanc 42%
Marc Garneau 38%
David McGuinty 34%
Gerard Kennedy 24%
Martha Hall Findlay 24%
Martin Cauchon 21%
Denis Coderre 21%
Scott Brison 18%
Mark Holland 14%
Who Would Consider Supporting?
Bob Rae 31%
Dominic LeBlanc 26%
Justin Trudeau 19%
Gerard Kennedy 19%
Scott Brison 19%
Mark Carney 17%
Marc Garneau 17%
Martha Hall Findlay 16%
Dalton McGuinty 16%
Naheed Nenshi 15%
Rae is seen as the most likely to run and has the largest support base, which tells you all the talk about him being the frontrunner isn't misplaced. My man from 2008, Dominic LeBlanc, is the only candidate within striking distance of Rae on the support poll, though 11 other names earned between 11% and 19% so there are plenty of viable candidates out there.
I've plotted the 16 candidates who scored at least 10% on either poll below. You can see that Trudeau, Carney, Dalton, Nenshi, Goodale, and Lang all have more people who like them than than expect them to run, leaving them as the most probable candidates for a genuine "Draft" movement.
The reverse is true for the other McGuinty, Cauchon, Garneau, and Coderre but, in fairness, I suspect that Quebecers are seriously under represented on this poll.

None of this means a heck of a lot when we don't even have the rules yet. But it shows there's nothing even remotely resembling a consensus on who will be running, never mind who will win.
Tomorrow, I'll speculate a bit about who might be running, so if you're hearing any rumours, by all means float names my way.
Labels: 2013 Liberal leadership race
43 Comments:
I know it's just a web poll, but I was surprised to see Bob Rae as the candidate with the most support. From what I've read online, it seems like a lot of Liberals take issue with him for his age, broken promise, and NDP record, but he's miles ahead of the field.
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Deb, at 10:00 a.m.
I don't really understand why Bob Rae is a frontrunner at this point.
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Jordan, at 10:24 a.m.
Throwing out a name that I haven't seen mentioned. Correct me if I'm wrong but the issue with this guy would be his French as I'm not sure he speaks. However his french sounding last name may suffice.
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icky, at 12:36 p.m.
Who cares if someone is bilingual as long as their name sounds French. :)
Sandra Pupatello could be a good candidate.
David Betschi also sounds like a good candidate, hopefully his campaign gains momentum.
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Jordan, at 12:58 p.m.
Rae is continuing to court a number of constituencies inside and outside the traditional Liberal Party, which is in line with what this poll suggests.
I'd be curious to see how it all plays against "likely to raise money". Do any of the Players have debts still outstanding from previous campaigns? Should that play into whether the Party lets them run? (Perhaps kicking them out of contention if they fall short of some financial milestones?)
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Anonymous, at 2:15 p.m.
Well if the Alberta election is any guide to this poll, then Justin should win the leadership on the first ballot. ;o)
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hazzard, at 10:24 p.m.
Anon - Rae, Findlay and Kennedy are the only veterans from past campaigns I expect to run, and Findlay is the only one still with debts, though I expect she will pay those off shortly (she actually may have already).
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