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Most Canadians like government's direction: poll
CTV.ca News Staff
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Most Canadians are comfortable with the Conservatives' priorities, including voters who picked other parties in the last election, according to a new poll.
Fifty-six per cent of those surveyed said the government's goals, as outlined in the recent Speech from the Throne, are similar to their own. Nine per cent said they were identical.
The poll outlined five major Conservative priorities:
Getting tough on crime;
Reducing the GST from 7 per cent to 6 per cent;
Giving families with children younger than six years old a $1,200 subsidy for childcare;
Reducing hospital wait times; and,
Increasing accountability in government.
The poll was conducted for CTV and The Globe and Mail by the Strategic Counsel, which interviewed 1,000 Canadians from April 6-9. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points, 19 times in 20.
"Normally we have a halo or a bandwagon or a honeymoon effect that takes place in the first little while (after an election) where people's instincts are to feel good about the decision that was made even if they did not participate in the decision," Strategic Counsel chairman Allan Gregg told The Globe and Mail.
"In a climate of cynicism, such as we're seeing now, that comes to a crashing close very quickly. So the fact that (Prime Minister Stephen Harper) has been able to sustain his numbers, in fact increase them a little bit in terms of popular vote, and have it more or less solidify the result that he received in late January is pretty positive."
When respondents were asked how they would vote today, 39 per cent said they would choose a Conservative candidate -- three points higher than the 36 per cent who voted for the party in the last election.
While the New Democrats enjoyed about 17 per cent of the popular vote in January, only 14 per cent polled said they would now vote NDP -- a drop of three points. Twenty-nine per cent said they would choose Liberal, and 11 per cent favoured the Bloc Québécois.
Meanwhile, 26 per cent of Canadians said Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government is doing a good job, 10 per cent said they are doing a very good job, and 37 per cent said they were just average.
whats also cool ? This is my 800th POST !
Most Canadians like government's direction: poll
CTV.ca News Staff
Most Canadians are comfortable with the Conservatives' priorities, including voters who picked other parties in the last election, according to a new poll.
Fifty-six per cent of those surveyed said the government's goals, as outlined in the recent Speech from the Throne, are similar to their own. Nine per cent said they were identical.
The poll outlined five major Conservative priorities:
Getting tough on crime;
Reducing the GST from 7 per cent to 6 per cent;
Giving families with children younger than six years old a $1,200 subsidy for childcare;
Reducing hospital wait times; and,
Increasing accountability in government.
The poll was conducted for CTV and The Globe and Mail by the Strategic Counsel, which interviewed 1,000 Canadians from April 6-9. The margin of error is 3.1 percentage points, 19 times in 20.
"Normally we have a halo or a bandwagon or a honeymoon effect that takes place in the first little while (after an election) where people's instincts are to feel good about the decision that was made even if they did not participate in the decision," Strategic Counsel chairman Allan Gregg told The Globe and Mail.
"In a climate of cynicism, such as we're seeing now, that comes to a crashing close very quickly. So the fact that (Prime Minister Stephen Harper) has been able to sustain his numbers, in fact increase them a little bit in terms of popular vote, and have it more or less solidify the result that he received in late January is pretty positive."
When respondents were asked how they would vote today, 39 per cent said they would choose a Conservative candidate -- three points higher than the 36 per cent who voted for the party in the last election.
While the New Democrats enjoyed about 17 per cent of the popular vote in January, only 14 per cent polled said they would now vote NDP -- a drop of three points. Twenty-nine per cent said they would choose Liberal, and 11 per cent favoured the Bloc Québécois.
Meanwhile, 26 per cent of Canadians said Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government is doing a good job, 10 per cent said they are doing a very good job, and 37 per cent said they were just average.
whats also cool ? This is my 800th POST !
