What’s going on in Brandon-Souris (and Toronto Centre)?

By-election polling and intrigue

<p>Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, September 17, 2013., with new Liberal candidate for Toronto Centre Chrystia Freeland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick</p>

Chrystia Freeland, with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau

A new Forum poll gives the Liberal candidate a five-point advantage in Brandon-Souris, roughly in line with what Forum reported last month. How dramatic a result would that be? A 40-35 split in favour of the Liberals would represent a 35-point increase for the Liberals and a 29-point drop for the Conservatives compared to the 2011 result.

Forum also gives the Liberals an 11-point advantage in Toronto Centre, but David Coletto at Abacus has some concerns about those numbers.