Canadian PM won second debate: poll
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won this week's second televised election debate despite coming under fierce fire from his opponents, a poll showed Friday.
The Ipsos Reid survey for Canwest said 31 percent believed Harper won the second debate on Thursday ahead of October 14 elections.
The poll of 2,512 people gave a second-place finish to New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton who was on the attack, while Green Party chief Elizabeth May trailed in third place.
3 comments:
It is a poll that was started during the debate and closed before the debate had ended.
It was also loaded with questions like "Who do you think seems most like a Prime Minister?" Intriguing wording to ask in a debate poll when the sitting PM is at the table.
I'm not saying it means nothing, but the poll was a bit leading.
How many people do you think said, "I don't know . . . I'm still WATCHING it?" or didn't answer the phone at all?
One has to be as critical looking at polling results as one does reading the paper these days, which is unfortunate since many people do read them as gospel truth.
Then again, that is exactly why I think polls are suspect these days, no matter what they show.
The point is you have to have a critical eye on these things.
It isn't anything actually. In the Quebec debate, Ipsos polled the entire thing, but because this one was later, they only did the first half. WTF is that? Hey, how do you feel at halftime? Dion was clearly better in the second half, so it's a big whatever as far as I'm concerned. Do it right, or don't do it all :)
I wouldn't trust that firm to poll my dog.
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