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Presently, various credible polling organizations including Angus Reid, Ipsos, and Le Devoir reflect the Liberals maintaining a lead in the race, revealing that they only need to clinch a slight advantage in popular votes to secure a majority in Parliament, thanks to Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system. The Conservatives, conversely, must achieve a margin of 8 to 10 percentage points for a similar outcome. Adding to the Liberals' fortune, the New Democratic Party (NDP), which had previously propped up the Liberals through a supply-and-confidence agreement, has seen its approval ratings plunge, leaving them in a vulnerable position.