Sorry Team Martin and your corrupt, desperate Team Liberal-friendly media companies but Liberals —you’re wrong on values just as I’ve always said, and wrong on most everything else too. Nice campaign gimmick though, stealing the conservatives’ traditional “values” theme, which only they can run on.
You too, Jack Layton of the you’ve got to be kidding party. After steadfastly repeating over and over that Conservatives are “way off” on the values that Canadians adhere to, we see that you’re exactly WRONG.
But I like how the media reports this: No sooner do they get typing than they inform Canadians that they’ve GOT to do something to stop Harper and the Conservatives. The CTV News staff seems more concerned about how it is that this must all be stopped, than by simply reporting their findings. (Hat tip to MikeR for this… and Mr. kim)
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.
“They’ve got to put a halt to this, because this momentum number won’t stop, and it will continue to translate into a higher vote preference for the Conservatives,” Tim Woolstencroft, managing partner of The Strategic Counsel, told CTV.ca on Sunday.
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):
Conservatives: 37 per cent (+8)
Liberals 29 per cent (-7)
NDP: 15 per cent (-2)
Bloc Quebecois: 13 per cent (unchanged)
Greens: 6 per cent (+1)
When asked which party has momentum going towards the Jan. 23 federal election, the results showed the Tories have a huge advantage over the other parties (percentage point change from a Dec. 20-22 poll in brackets):Conservatives: 53 per cent (+30)
Liberals: 14 per cent (-19)
NDP: 6 per cent (-4)
Bloc Quebecois: 6 per cent (-3)
Greens: 1 per cent (-1)
The image being projected by both the Conservative Party and leader Stephen Harper is one more Canadian voters are finding comfortable. There has been a rise in the number of Canadians who think the values of the Conservative Party match their own (percentage point change from a pre-election, Nov. 24-27 poll in brackets):Conservatives: 29 per cent (+5)
Liberals: 23 per cent (-4)
NDP: 17 per cent (-1)
Bloc Quebecois: 9 per cent (-2)
Greens: 5 per cent (+1)
“What we saw before is Canadians basically saw Paul Martin much closer to their values,” Woolstencroft said, appearing on CTV Newsnet.“What we saw in this latest poll is that Harper is really trumping Martin on values. Basically Harper is way more aligned with Canadian values than Paul Martin as of over the weekend.”
On who respondents think would provide the most accountable government, the Conservatives enjoy a wide advantage over the other parties:
Conservatives: 33 per cent
Liberals: 17 per cent
NDP: 17 per cent
Bloc Quebecois: 5 per cent
Greens: 4 per cent
DK/NA/Ref.: 24 per cent
The Conservatives are also beating the Liberals on which platform voters prefer. Twice as many Canadians found that the Conservative Party has introduced the most appealing policies:Conservatives: 36 per cent
Liberals: 18 per cent
NDP: 12 per cent
Bloc Quebecois: 5 per cent
Greens: 3 per cent
“The Conservative policies have been targeted at the middle-class voter, and clearly that’s connecting,” Woolstencroft said. “We see that in Quebec, and we see that across the country. Those moderate, middle-class policies have struck a chord.”[…]
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