At the Atwater Market, for some people Thanksgiving Day was about picking the perfect pumpkin, rarely an easy decision.

But picking the perfect candidate can be even harder.

The market is in the new riding of Ville Marie-Southwest-Nuns’ Island and it features what could be a tight race. If you count the votes from the last election, the NDP would have won there by 5,600 votes.

But the Liberals believe the orange wave is gone, and they're working hard to win the seat.

Their candidate is Marc Miller, a lawyer and friend of Justin Trudeau's who says he wants to give back.

“[Voters are] going to get a guy who didn't get into politics for partisan reasons. I got into politics to make a difference and I work hard,” he said.

He says when the campaign first started, he didn't feel much enthusiasm for the Liberals. But in the past couple of weeks things have radically changed. He says voters are more open to Trudeau.

But the NDP could still be a force here. Their candidate Allison Turner is also a lawyer, and an inline long-distance speed skater.

“As an endurance athlete would, I’ve been pacing myself since the start,” she said.

She believes the polls showing the NDP's demise are wrong.

“I'm speaking to people, I’m at the metros every morning and I see the feedback and what are they telling you, they're supporting the NDP for the most part,” she said.

The riding has many challenges – while there's a lot of wealth there's also a lot of poverty.

“We have a historical infrastructure plan of about $60 billion, $20 billion of which over the next 10 years is specifically dedicated to social housing. That, together with our reform of the family allocation cheque and the cut to the middle class tax bracket, will make a significant difference on day one of the Liberal government,” Miller said.

Turner believes the NDP has the best program for stimulating the local economy.

“The priorities that I have for this riding are mainly the economy, we need to create more jobs and the way we are going to do that is by focusing on small- and medium-size businesses, reducing the tax rate in getting tax credits for various categories of business operations,”

The Conservative Party's candidate is Montreal city councillor Steve Shanahan, but he's a long shot.

In 2011, the Conservatives would have finished fourth here, 2,000 votes behind the Bloc.