1 in 5 Quebecers don’t know the Tories are in power: poll

A new poll shows that one in five Quebecers don’t know who’s leading the federal government.

Nineteen per cent of respondents didn’t know that the Conservative Party of Canada holds power in Ottawa, according to a CROP survey commissioned by La Presse newspaper.

CROP vice-president Youri Rivest told Yahoo Canada News that he wasn’t surprised by the results.

“They don’t care about politics,” he says of the respondents. “They have no interest in politics.”

The lack of knowledge was greater among women, given that 28 per cent of female respondents and only 11 per cent of males didn’t know the Tories run the show.

Those aged 18-34 were the most clueless at 32 per cent, while only 9 per cent of respondents over 55 didn’t know which party has power.

When asked which people lead the main federal parties, about one in five didn’t know the answer.

Eighty-four per cent of respondents knew Stephen Harper is the leader of the Conservative Party, 81 per cent knew Justin Trudeau leads the Liberal Party and 77 per cent knew Thomas Mulcair heads the NDP.

Seventy-three per cent knew Gilles Duceppe leads the Bloc Québécois, but eight per cent believe it’s Pierre-Karl Péladeau, who is actually the leader of the Parti Québécois.

The web survey of 1,000 respondents was conducted from Aug. 12-17. It didn’t provide a margin of error.

Voters across the country will head to the polls on Oct. 19.