If you want to have a sense of the federal parties' campaign strategies, it helps to follow the leader.

An individual announcement in one riding might not indicate much, but taking a wider view reveals patterns in a party's plan of attack.

CBC News analyzed the whereabouts of the main party leaders and every event they held.

On the eve of Monday's vote, here are five things that stood out about the leaders' tours.

NDP's campaign flip

The NDP was eventually forced to flip from an offensive campaign, …