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Topic: NDP has big lead in NS
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madmax
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posted 05 June 2008 09:49 AM
Premier, party take hit in pollPremier Rodney MacDonald and his Conservatives have both dropped to third place in the eyes of decided voters, a new poll says. The survey by Corporate Research Associates says the NDP was the top pick of decided voters with 38 per cent (up from 37 per cent in February), followed by the Liberals with 30 per cent (up from 28 per cent) and the Conservatives with 27 per cent (down from 32 per cent). The Green party was the choice of four per cent (up from three per cent). [Edited to add "in NS" to the thread title so that people will know what the thread's about.] [ 06 June 2008: Message edited by: Michelle ]
From: Ontario | Registered: Apr 2008
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StockwellDay
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posted 06 June 2008 10:49 AM
quote: Originally posted by Stockholm:
The Liberals in Nova Scotia are quite moribund - but they still have some - shall we say "brand equity" - when the last NS election was called, polls had then at 30% and then during the campaign they promptly slid to the low 20s ... Any word on when NS is likely to have an election???
Part of the reason for that slide though, Stockholm, is the previous Liberal leader here was AWFUL. Really embarrassingly so. He didn't really come close to winning his riding. Leaders matter more then local candidates to the average voter, I think, and last election the Liberal vote stayed home. Plus they didn't have a candidate in Queens, which would hurt their stats a wee bit.
From: the right coast | Registered: Sep 2005
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KenS
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posted 06 June 2008 05:08 PM
Actually, the NSLiberals polling considerably higher than the vote share predates their previous dink of a Leader.Before Francis MacKenzie came on the scene "the next Liberal leader" polled a close third in the Premeir/Leader approval standings. Its pretty clear that the Liberals internal polling still show their support as worse than soft. If they thought the vote results would be anywhere near what the public polls show, they wouldn't have propped up the government on the Budget. Little chance there will be an election before next year's budget. It's hard to imagine this gong show continuing past then... but I probably thought the same thing next year. Next year it will only be a 3 year minority government, why not 4? Last time the government pulled the plug after 3 years because they though they could get a majority. They are too hapless now to labour under such delusions.
From: Minasville, NS | Registered: Aug 2001
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