The polls are encouraging but remember they are but a snapshot and the Conservatives have depth and resources. And a national lead of three points is close to a rounding error.
VANCOUVER -- Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff described his party as "fit to govern" Friday as a poll showed the Grits leading the Conservatives for the first time since the October election in an Ipsos Reid poll.
While the Liberal lead of 36% to 33% could be enough to form government, the poll found Prime Minister Stephen Harper outranks Mr. Ignatieff on many counts on the eve of a national Liberal convention vote confirming his four-month-old leadership.
It also found little public hunger for having another federal election. ...
Pollster John Wright said the Liberals' biggest strength appears to be their brand, while the Conservatives' strength is seen as Mr. Harper's leadership. ...
The poll suggested the Liberals have closed what was, as recently as December, a 23-point gap behind the governing Conservatives. ...
In Ontario, the Liberals have a 10-point lead over the Conservatives. And while the Liberals in Quebec trail the Bloc Quebecois 34% to 32%, the Conservatives are far behind, with just 14% of the support of decided voters.
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3 comments:
Ignatieff has to get to the people. more. A great many people do not know him, and it is going to get worse during the summer, when the Cons bring out their nasty TV ads.
I always here that (insert name here) has to get to the people. Well, what exactly does that mean? For normal people, it's pretty easy to meet up with their friends and family and coworkers, thereby establishing knowledge of who you are amongst your friends, family and coworkers.
But this guy has to get the country to know him, and that's 30 million plus of them. Sure, we could put up another "This is Iggy" website, or generate a gazillion videos on YouTube. But it's not like Iggy could meet up with every conceivable person in every Tim Hortons across the country.
As for dealing with those attack ads, I support the system which James Carville used back in 1992 to get Clinton elected; every time Bush said something, have someone immediately respond. If we had that kind of almost 24 hrs response team to every attack ad Harper's guys put out, I think it would make a difference.
Anyone who draws attention to opinion polls doesn't much care about real democracy.
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