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Liberals, Tories stumbling to finish line
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 12, 2008 10:29pm |
| Category | Poll |
| News Date | Oct 12, 2008 10:00pm |
| Description | Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion are limping to the finish line after a short, five-week campaign. Both leaders have failed to attract new supporters and Canadians face another minority government, a new Strategic Counsel poll suggests.
Analysts say Harper has failed to stop a Bloc Quebecois resurgence in Quebec, while Dion has been unable to attract anti-Tory voters from the NDP and Green Party.
"The winner of this election is stumbling over the finish line after a pretty uninspiring race," the Strategic Counsel's Peter Donolo told CTV.ca Sunday. "The two main parties are really underperforming."
The latest poll, conducted on Oct. 11 for CTV and the Globe and Mail, shows that the two leaders have seen their party's support drop slightly from the 2006 election results.
Donolo noted that the Liberals have traditionally entered elections with at least 30 per cent support, but have fallen slightly below that number under Dion's leadership.
"The Liberals are hovering around a historic low," he said. "It's been very difficult to bring back the voting coalition that worked for them in the past election."
Meanwhile, Conservatives needed to make strong gains in Quebec for a chance at a majority government, but have dropped seven percentage points from the 2006 popular vote. The weakening Tory support seems to have been precipitated by Harper's decision to cut arts funding and sell his tough-on-youth-crime approach in the province. |
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