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Conservatives sink in new Decima poll

Maybe the Conservatives need to move further to the left since that strategy worked so well for them (maybe merge with the NDP!); also promote Gurmant Grewal to Chief Bribery Officer, promise to raise taxes, say something stupid about George Bush and America, come out in favor of a national (universal!) prostitution program, and steal taxpayer money to enrich the Conservative Party and its supporters.  Maybe then they’d make some headway in the polls!

Liberals had 14-point lead over Conservatives, poll suggests

The Liberals had a 14-point lead over the Conservatives in popular support, suggests a new poll taken earlier this month.

The Decima survey showed the Liberals with 37 per cent support and the Tories with 23 per cent, in a virtual dead heat with the NDP at 21 per cent.

The poll of 1,000 respondents was conducted June 2-5. Decima said the results are accurate to within plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The survey, released to The Canadian Press, indicated the New Democrats held small leads over the Tories in Ontario, among women, among single people and with voters under age 34. The results are less reliable for these smaller samples.

The Ontario results suggested the Liberals held a 26-percentage-point advantage over the Tories in the province. The Grits were at 48 per cent, the NDP was at 24 and the Conservatives held 22 per cent in Canada’s largest province.

“The trend lines – especially in Ontario – are definitely better for the Liberal party than they were several weeks ago, no question about that,” said Bruce Anderson, head of Decima Research Inc.

The Liberals have bounced back in a series of polls after hitting lows amid a daily stream of revelations at the sponsorship inquiry.

The Conservatives, however, had even less support than they did before Jean Brault’s shocking testimony about corruption in Liberal ranks, the poll suggests. […]

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