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ciroccojConservatives widen poll lead before vote
Mon Jan 9, 9:16 AM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Conservatives have built up their widest lead in the election campaign so far, and appear to have the edge heading into the January 23 election, according to a poll released on Monday.
The Strategic Counsel poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail daily and CTV News, showed the Conservatives have the support of 37 percent of Canadian voters, well above the 29 percent support for the ruling Liberal Party.
It was the Conservative Party's widest lead since the election campaign started last November.
"This is huge," the newspaper quoted Strategic Counsel head Allan Gregg as saying. "This really does show ... (the Conservatives) have slowly convinced the population that they are not kind of offside of the mainstream of Canada."
The left-wing New Democratic Party lost ground from the previous survey, gleaning support from only 15 percent of voters and performing poorly in the crucial electoral battleground of Ontario, where parties must do well to garner a large numbers of seats after the election.
The results came out hours before two debates by party leaders on Monday and Tuesday night, which could shape the tone of the final two weeks of the campaign. They show a significant gain in support for the Conservatives compared with the previous Strategic Counsel survey.
The previous poll, conducted January 3 to January 5, gave the Conservatives 33 percent support, and the Liberals 31 percent. The NDP, who propped up the minority Liberal government in the last Parliament, had 17 percent.
Opposition parties brought the government down late last year over a scandal centering on kickbacks to leading Liberals during a poorly conceived advertising campaign to promote a united Canada.
Other scandals have emerged since then, increasing voter perception of the Liberals as complacent and arrogant after 12 years in power.
Strategic Counsel conducted its latest poll of 1,500 Canadians between January 5 and January 8. It says the survey is accurate within 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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So, to take my mind off the news, here's some fanvids I found the other day (and unfortunately, for the last two I think you have to find them on the page - which isn't that hard, as there's generally only two or three vids per page):
I also spotted a couple of others that were pretty good, one about Draco and Lucius Malfoy, and one with HBP ending spoilers that just... gah. Good, but in a totally creepy way. Can't find them right now. Will probably hunt them down during my next distressed flight from Canadian election news.
Mon Jan 9, 9:16 AM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Conservatives have built up their widest lead in the election campaign so far, and appear to have the edge heading into the January 23 election, according to a poll released on Monday.
The Strategic Counsel poll, conducted for The Globe and Mail daily and CTV News, showed the Conservatives have the support of 37 percent of Canadian voters, well above the 29 percent support for the ruling Liberal Party.
It was the Conservative Party's widest lead since the election campaign started last November.
"This is huge," the newspaper quoted Strategic Counsel head Allan Gregg as saying. "This really does show ... (the Conservatives) have slowly convinced the population that they are not kind of offside of the mainstream of Canada."
The left-wing New Democratic Party lost ground from the previous survey, gleaning support from only 15 percent of voters and performing poorly in the crucial electoral battleground of Ontario, where parties must do well to garner a large numbers of seats after the election.
The results came out hours before two debates by party leaders on Monday and Tuesday night, which could shape the tone of the final two weeks of the campaign. They show a significant gain in support for the Conservatives compared with the previous Strategic Counsel survey.
The previous poll, conducted January 3 to January 5, gave the Conservatives 33 percent support, and the Liberals 31 percent. The NDP, who propped up the minority Liberal government in the last Parliament, had 17 percent.
Opposition parties brought the government down late last year over a scandal centering on kickbacks to leading Liberals during a poorly conceived advertising campaign to promote a united Canada.
Other scandals have emerged since then, increasing voter perception of the Liberals as complacent and arrogant after 12 years in power.
Strategic Counsel conducted its latest poll of 1,500 Canadians between January 5 and January 8. It says the survey is accurate within 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
So, to take my mind off the news, here's some fanvids I found the other day (and unfortunately, for the last two I think you have to find them on the page - which isn't that hard, as there's generally only two or three vids per page):
- For fans of both Harry Potter and Rent:
Seasons of Love - For fans of both Harry Potter and Les Miserables:
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables and I'm guessing the vidder assumes Book 7 will be a total bloodbath. - For fans of both Harry Potter and Dr. Seuss:
You're a Mean One, Mr. Snape
I also spotted a couple of others that were pretty good, one about Draco and Lucius Malfoy, and one with HBP ending spoilers that just... gah. Good, but in a totally creepy way. Can't find them right now. Will probably hunt them down during my next distressed flight from Canadian election news.
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Date: 2006-01-10 02:29 am (UTC)(Also, for the record, the fast version? HILARIOUS.)
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Date: 2006-01-10 03:08 am (UTC)because once you've heard it sped up to mm120 and sung cheerfully with bright oom-pah plonking on the piano and copious use of jazz hands, it's hard to take it seriously.
GAAAH!! SACRILEGE!!!
Thank god I've never heard it; it's one of my favourite songs of all time, and that would've just ruined it. My mother and Chris have both ruined enough lovely songs for me. Like a beautiful John Denver (shut up) song called Fly Away, that my mother forever killed when she started imitating Mork from Mork & Mindy, throwing an egg into the air and telling it "Fly away! Be free!" before it splatted onto the counter.
(Also, for the record, the fast version? HILARIOUS.)
I bet :D :D