“The three national party leaders jockeyed to be Quebec’s next federalist champion Wednesday night while the Bloc Quebecois’ Gilles Duceppe worked to knock them off their stride …” [Read the rest of the debate night report by my colleague Jessica Murphy]
Right after the debate, our pollster, Leger Marketing, was in the field to find out who won. The results:
Other pollsters jumped in as well. Ipsos Reid also finds Duceppe was tagged as the winner by most (42%) but finds Michael Ignatieff in second place (declared the winner by 22%), Jack Layton in third at 19% (Post French-Language Debate Flash Poll Reveals Duceppe Takes the Night, Harper Stumbles)
On Twitter, the NDP communications team is reporting the results of a CROP poll (looking for the link) which also has Duceppe out front at 41% but has Layton finishing a strong second (28% pick him as the winner) followed by Harper at 16% and then Ignatieff (12%).