Conservatives, Harper both lose support: poll

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The Conservative Party has lost more support, a new poll has found -- and that can be tied to a popularity drop for its leader Stephen Harper.

Nationally, the numbers break out like this (the May 8 figure is in brackets):

Liberals: 34 per cent (27), +7
Conservatives: 26 per cent (31), -5
NDP: 19 per cent (20), -1
Greens: Nine per cent (7), +2
Bloc Quebecois: 13 per cent (14), -1
Stephen Harper was viewed favourably by 50 per cent of respondents on May 8. In the June 9 poll, that dropped to 40 per cent -- a 10-point decline.

"The deal with the Bloc to bring down the government wasn't very popular," Tim Woolstencroft -- managing partner for The Strategic Counsel, which conducted the poll for CTV and The Globe and Mail -- told CTV.ca.

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