Two polls taken during the recent campaign showed Scott Andrews was losing in his old seat in Avalon.
| Decided and leanings | Mainstreet | MQO/NTV (October) |
| Liberal | 43 (37) | 31 |
| NDP | 19 (16) | 10 |
| Conservative | 14 (13) | 9 |
| Andrews | 19 (13) | 22 |
Number in brackets is decided only. UND = 17
The “undecided “in the Mainstreet poll was 17%. When Mainstreet probed them to find which way they were leaning, the numbers you got above came out the other end. The decideds only, without the leaning figures) is in brackets. NTV didn’t release the raw data.
The numbers in those polls shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. The Liberals turfed Andrews from the caucus over allegations of sexual impropriety. Andrews has talked around the issue but still hasn’t told anyone what happened.
As it appears, people aren’t interested in the issue. They aren’t interested because they have already made up their mind about Andrews. He is dead meat just as he has been dead since the Liberals turfed him from caucus. The campaign didn't change anything for him.
The rest of the field never mattered. You can see in these polls the fact the NDP has absolutely zero impact outside metro St. John’s. The Conservatives are pulling nine points in the most recent poll.
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