Voters in Quebec headed to the polls on Monday in a provincial election where the campaign has been dominated less by independence and more by United States President Donald Trump. The separatist Parti Quebecois is favored to defeat the center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec after eight years in power.

A Leger poll put the PQ at 29 percent, ahead of the Liberals at 25 percent, the Conservatives at 20 percent and the CAQ at 14 percent. Only 30 percent of Quebecers back separation, against nearly 50 percent at the 1995 referendum peak.

Trump's tariffs have hit Quebec's aluminum, steel and manufacturing exports. The PQ, which once promised an independence referendum in its first term, now says it will wait until Trump is out of office.

The PQ framed the campaign as a fight against Trump, presenting itself as best able to cope. A Leger survey found 77 percent of voters wanted a change of government.

Voting ran from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time, with provisional results expected by midnight. A PQ win could complicate life for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who stresses national unity to face Trump.