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Sticky · 12-05-2008, 09:59 AM

Here is an article that discusses the results of a large cross-country poll.
Political power struggle scaring Canadians: Poll

Some points from the article that refer directly to the poll results:
- "Almost three-quarters of Canadians say they are "truly scared" for the future of the country"
- "a solid majority say they would prefer another election to having the minority Conservative government replaced by a coalition led by Stephane Dion"
- "Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives would romp to a majority victory with a record 46 per cent public support if an election were held today."
- "Conservatives' spike in popularity appears to reflect a backlash against the Liberals and New Democrats whose support slid to 23 per cent and 13 per cent respectively"
- "60 per cent of those interviewed said they opposed replacing the government with Liberal-NDP coalition supported by the Bloc Quebecois, compared with 37 per cent who favoured the idea"
- "Support for the coalition was highest in Quebec at 50 per cent, followed by 44 per cent in Atlantic Canada."
- "Almost seven in 10 of those surveyed Tuesday and Wednesday gave prorogation a thumbs up."
- "The Tories also were deemed by almost six in 10 Canadians to be the best managers of the economy in these troubling times."

There was a graphic in the print version fo this article that had some of this stuff in it. I am going to try to track it down.
I tracked it down. This was in the center of the page:

Here is another article that refers to the poll and discusses the 1.95 subsidy per vote:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Major...856/story.html

"Sixty-one per cent of voters said they oppose federal political parties securing $1.95 annually for each vote, which is a major source of party funding.
On the other hand, only 36 per cent of those polled said that the subsidy should continue to exist."

12-05-2008, 09:59 AM	#64 (permalink)
Sticky	Here is an article that discusses the results of a large cross-country poll. Political power struggle scaring Canadians: Poll Some points from the article that refer directly to the poll results: - "Almost three-quarters of Canadians say they are "truly scared" for the future of the country" - "a solid majority say they would prefer another election to having the minority Conservative government replaced by a coalition led by Stephane Dion" - "Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives would romp to a majority victory with a record 46 per cent public support if an election were held today." - "Conservatives' spike in popularity appears to reflect a backlash against the Liberals and New Democrats whose support slid to 23 per cent and 13 per cent respectively" - "60 per cent of those interviewed said they opposed replacing the government with Liberal-NDP coalition supported by the Bloc Quebecois, compared with 37 per cent who favoured the idea" - "Support for the coalition was highest in Quebec at 50 per cent, followed by 44 per cent in Atlantic Canada." - "Almost seven in 10 of those surveyed Tuesday and Wednesday gave prorogation a thumbs up." - "The Tories also were deemed by almost six in 10 Canadians to be the best managers of the economy in these troubling times." There was a graphic in the print version fo this article that had some of this stuff in it. I am going to try to track it down. I tracked it down. This was in the center of the page: Here is another article that refers to the poll and discusses the 1.95 subsidy per vote: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Major...856/story.html "Sixty-one per cent of voters said they oppose federal political parties securing $1.95 annually for each vote, which is a major source of party funding. On the other hand, only 36 per cent of those polled said that the subsidy should continue to exist." __________________ Sticky The Stickman Last edited by Sticky; 12-05-2008 at 11:05 AM..