Despite a barrage of Liberal attack ads over the last five days, the Conservative party's lead over the Liberals continues to slowly grow, says a new poll. "It's a Tory juggernaut," Tim Woolstencroft of The Strategic Counsel told CTV.ca on Sunday, adding the Conservatives are within striking distance of a majority government.
The Strategic Counsel conducted the polling between Jan. 11, 12 and 14 for CTV and The Globe and Mail. Here are the national support numbers (percentage point change from Dec. 31 to Jan. 3-4, the last time the Grits and Tories were tied 32-32, is in brackets):
Conservatives: 40 per cent (+8)
Liberals: 27 per cent (-5)
NDP: 16 per cent (-1)
Bloc Quebecois: 11 per cent (-2)
Greens: 6 per cent (unchanged)
I have never known anyone who was contacted by a pollster. And I know of a number of people if you inquired how they were voting would tell you something simply outrageous - like their vote is going to the Marxist-Leninist party of Canada. Old habits die hard, and considering the public flogging the Liberals have been experiencing in the media and blogsphere; I could understand why anyone would not admit to voting Liberal even on the telephone with no one else in the room listening in. The only poll that truly counts is the one when you go behind the cardboard screen on Election Day. Still, there is something sweet about smelling electorial defeat in the morning...
(tipped off by Neale News)
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