Tory lead over Liberals all but evaporated, poll suggests
Norma Greenaway, Canwest News Service
Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010
OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper's Conservatives hold only a slim lead over the Liberals, according to a new national poll that suggests the government's decisive response to the earthquake in Haiti has not translated into big political dividends for the Tories.
The poll, conducted exclusively for Canwest News Service and Global National, said the Conservatives would garner 34% of the vote if an election was held today, compared to 31% for the Liberals.
The NDP would capture 17%, the Bloc Quebecois 9% and the Green Party 8%, the poll suggests.
The poll by Ipsos-Reid is the third national sampling of voter intentions released within the past week that has said the Tory lead over the Grits has all but evaporated.
In Ontario, they were neck-and-neck with the Liberals at 38% and Conservatives at 37%. In Quebec, the Bloc held the lead at 37%, followed by the Liberals at 30% and the Conservatives at 15%.
National support for the Conservative party was down three points from the 37% support it enjoyed in November. On the other hand, Liberal support was seven points higher than the dismal 24% the party scored in a survey two months ago.
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3 comments:
This explains why Harper's going to Davos this week, hobnobbing with the rich and well-connected to line up a future cu$hy job.
Just another photo-op, for what I do not know.
His popularity was entirely due to his buying of Canadian voters with their own money.
The money's run out. Harper has nothing to show Canadians for their money. He's there in his birthday suit for all to see.
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