Poll shows undecided voters more likely to go Grit (Interesting article!)

[Spazito]

OTTAWA — Uncommitted voters outside Quebec, who could determine the outcome of the close-fought federal election, were more likely to ultimately support the Liberals than the Conservatives, a new poll suggests.

The Decima Research online voter-tracking study found uncommitted voters in English Canada were less preoccupied than average with scandal and less likely to want change _ all of which augurs well for Prime Minister Paul Martin's party.

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Nevertheless, this group tended to think the Liberals were best to govern and Martin the best choice for prime minister. However, the Conservatives had a slight edge as the party thought to have the best approach on the issues these voters care about most (48 per cent for the Tories versus 42 per cent for the Liberals).

Still, 60 per cent agreed there were good reasons for keeping the Liberals in office despite the sponsorship scandal.

more

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060103/decima_poll_060108/20060108?s_name=election2006&no_ads=


There is also this article:

Tories surge ahead of Liberals in new poll

The Conservatives have taken an eight-point lead over the Liberals, with strong momentum that could carry them to victory on Jan. 23 unless the other parties can derail their campaign, says a new poll.

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The survey, conducted by The Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail, shows the Conservatives have jumped ahead nationally after making headway in Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada and B.C. (percentage point change from a Dec. 20-22 poll in brackets):

more

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060103/ELXN_poll_jan08_060108/20060109?hub=TopStories

(Strategic Counsel seems to be way outside the rest of the polls and this may be why:)

Globe and Mail Poll Called 'Unethical' by Expert

On the Friday before the tightest provincial election facing British Columbia this decade, Canada’s most influential newspaper published dramatic poll numbers that appear to be based on biased methodology.

“This is unethical,” Vancouver pollster Angus McAllister told The Tyee. “The Globe and Mail ought to be responsible enough not to publish a poll where the ballot question is preceded by 14 questions that influence people’s answers.”

more

http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2005/05/16/GlobePollUnethical/print.html

[glarius]

1. If CTV is involved in this poll, I'm not surprised at the results!

Have you watched any of their election coverage?...They are so unabashedly pro-Harper!...From Mike Duffy's show to any and all programs where the election is discussed....They are disgusting....The only place where the coverage is really fair and even-handed is on CBC, IMO.

[Spazito]

2. Yep, CTV is no surprise for sure

I have to admit I was surprised at the Globe & Mail using the Strategic Counsel though. Any of their polls stick to high heaven and are always outside the norm of other polling results. Mike Duffy needs to retire SOON, he has NO credibility and CTV has lost me on ANY of their coverage of the campaign.

[eve_was_framed]

7. I have to agree and was really disgusted with them tonight on

their post debate coverage!

[Mother Jones]

3. You always come through for me!

Thank you dahhhling......just what I needed to see today.


:grouphug:


Now, let's hope Dithers can pull it together tonight!

[Spazito]

4. LOL and you are welcome!

Martin needs to hammer Harper on Reed who,with his religious fundy and money laundering connection, is promising to help get the faux Cons in power, his speech to the US conservative group which shows his REAL feelings about Canada, etc. I hope Martin comes out swinging, he sure needs to!

[AX10]

5. CTV is the Canadian Fox "News".

[Telly Savalas]

10. CTV is CTV.

Canada is an independent nation. Not everything is an analogue of some American institution.

[Spazito]

11. Canada is an independent nation who's media, especially those

like CTV can become mouthpieces for their corporate owners just like in the US and it looks like that is very much the case. I have watched them for years and there has been a definite change from neutral reporting and polling to having a corporate (right wing) slant.

[Telly Savalas]

15. It's not just the ideological bent of the content hat makes Fox unique.

The fascism even permeates the dumbed-down style of their production. It strongly resembles that movie "Starship Troopers". CTV News at least still tries to look like a real news broadcast, although one could argue that this makes them more dangerous.

[Spazito]

16. I'll give you that, the bimbo content has not reached US levels, yet

I foresee it will at some point but it hasn't yet, thank goodness!

[iverglas]

14. rah rah siss boom bah

(Although I suspect that's a bit of a yankeeism ... well played, old chap. Er, go Leafs.)

I'll spell you if you get tired.

[PDJane]

6. I'm not particularly surprised by the Globe either......

But I am most seriously hoping that the polls are wrong....I think harper would be a disaster for this country, and haven't spoken to a woman who trusts him.

[eve_was_framed]

8. I sure as hell don't!!

[Spazito]

9. The faux Cons led in the polls, slightly, during the last election

and that is where the swing or 'strategic' voters come into play, imo. The Libs have to come out NOW, though, and hit them hard in their ads to force those voters who are not paying much attention to see what the faux Cons really are, repubs in disguise.

[iverglas]

12. I shoulda read this first ...

Now, what was I just saying elsewhere about Strategic Counsel?

Push-polling isn't just biased or even unethical polling; it isn't polling at all. It's campaigning.

[Spazito]

13. Yep, they were outed during the B.C. election and they are

smelling exactly the same on this one.