Conservatives Remain on Top in Canada

[tuvor]

Many Canadians would vote for the governing Conservative party, according to a poll by Environics Research Group. 39 per cent of respondents would support the Tories in the next election to the House of Commons.

The Liberal party is second with 25 per cent, followed by the New Democratic Party (NDP) with 21 per cent, the Bloc Québécois with nine per cent, and the Green party with four per cent. Support for the Tories fell by two points since March, while backing for the Liberals increased by three points.

Canadians renewed the House of Commons in January. The Conservative party—led by Stephen Harper—received 36.3 per cent of the vote, and secured 124 seats in the 308-member lower house. Since February, Harper leads a minority administration after more than 12 years of government by the Liberal party.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12459

[daleo]

1. "many Canadians" would vote for Conservatives

That's a nice vague headline, that sounds a lot better than "39% of our sample". If they are only at 39% in this poll, they certainly haven't come up since the election.

Harper's only hope for a majority seems to be some kind of careful attempt to come up the middle in a lot of Liberal-NDP vote split ridings. But, that's difficult, as everything has to break his way.