“I was anticipating some decline in PC support, given the news of late and just generally, the government is well into its third term and support has a tendency to soften,” Andrew Enns, the executive vice-president for Leger, told National Post in an email. “The rise in Liberal vote was a modest surprise, given they are leaderless at the moment. When I stop to think of it, however, the provincial Liberal Party brand is likely being helped by the current popularity of their federal cousins.”