Liberals inch closer to Tories, poll suggests

[Clintonista2]

Stéphane Dion's Liberals have crept closer to the Conservatives in public support, while Canadians' increasing fears over an uncertain economy appear to be carving away at Stephen Harper's electoral hopes, a new poll suggests.

The latest Canadian Press/Harris-Decima poll gave Harper's Conservatives 31 per cent support across Canada, just four percentage points clear of the resurgent Liberals, who rose to 27 per cent support.

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Dion also appears to have gained support in voters' overall impression compared to his Conservative rival for the first time since the four-day rolling survey began, the CBC's Taylor reported.

Forty-one per cent of respondents said they have positive impressions of Dion, while 49 per cent of respondents reporting the opposite. Some 51 per cent of respondents said they had a negative impression of Harper, while 40 per cent were positive.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/story/2008/10/08/elxn-poll.html

[daleo]

1. Nanos is about the same today

Con 33
Lib 29
NDP 20
BQ 11
Gre 7

http://www.nanosresearch.com/election/CPAC-Nanos-October-8-2008E.pdf

[whosinpower]

2. That is within striking distance

Gonna be an interesting election night.

[Lucy Goosey]

3. Yeah, it might actually be surprising

Alberta goes Liberal!

Okay, not that surprising. But still, there might actually be some suspense.

[daleo]

4. I predict that Alberta will elect a Liberal and an NDP

A Liberal in Edmonton Centre, an NDP in Edmonton Strathcona.

[CHIMO]

5. And

There are two other ridings that could swing. But I doubt that we will have four opposition MPs. I hope so. But....

Well if not opposition, at least a little more independent than the other sheep.