My sense from canvassing is that most people have not considered their positions yet -- the Leaders' debate will be the real start to the election:
Les Whittington
Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA—Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff appears to be winning hearts and minds on the election trail even though his party still lags the Conservatives by a wide margin, a new national poll shows.
At the same time, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's performance has led to a slight erosion of his appeal since the election kicked off, the Toronto Star/La Presse poll by Angus Reid indicates.
The April 4-5 online survey of 2,031 Canadians has the Conservatives at 38 per cent among decided voters, down one per cent from a poll released just before the election campaign.
The Liberals stand at 27 per cent, up from 25 per cent, while the New Democrats are at 21 per cent, up two percentage points from March 24. The Bloc Québécois has 8 per cent, down from 10 per cent, and the Green Party stands at 6 per cent compared to 7 per cent when the campaign began.
4 comments:
"My sense from canvassing is that most people have not considered their positions yet..."
They are being polite.
The only poll that will matter is that on election day. From what I've been hearing people want a change. They are fed up with what we have now. Who knows Harper could be in for a rude awakening!
Anon #1 -- yes, I know there is that but I think people are waiting to see the debate -- election day will tell.
The debates are overhyped. Only once in twenty+ years can I recall a moment that was truly significant in a debate. I can't recall any in a provincial one here in Ontario.
My view is that fewer people are paying attention to this election than any in recent memory.
I'd bet that most Canadians don't even know when or where the debate is taking place.
Either way we know that the Libs will declare a knockout blow and claim they have momentum. They did that even after Martin's bizarre comments about the constitution.
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