Conservative support cuts across socioeconomic lines

In a reversal of past trends, the Conservatives under the leadership of Stephen Harper are now drawing support across all socioeconomic groups.

The latest daily tracking poll from EKOS

Contrary to the conventional picture of the Conservatives as the party of the better-off, they are an almost completely uniform across income groups in terms of their support. In other words, whether you are making less than $40,000 a year or more than $80,000, your likelihood of voting Conservative is almost exactly the same. Our other recent and more in-depth surveys have also shown that these voters tend to see themselves as being of middle rather than upper socioeconomic standing, and are more likely to be college rather than university-educated.

In stark contrast it is the Liberals becoming less and less the party of the average joe. The Liberals are moving up the socioeconomic ladder and becoming the party of the elite.

In contrast, the Liberals, once the prototypical class-less party, now skew clearly towards wealthier voters.

We live in interesting times.

We're better off with Harper.