Conservative Party support on the rise in Canada

Tory support edging upward, says Decima poll

The Canadian Press
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests support for the new Conservative government may be edging upward.

A survey by Decima Research puts Tory support at 39 per cent nationally, up almost three percentage points from what they received in the Jan. 23 election.

Although the Conservative surge remains within the poll's margin of error, the overall results indicate a widening gap with the second-place Liberals.

Grit support was down two percentage points from election day to 28 per cent.

The NDP was at 19 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois at 11 per cent.

The poll was conducted over four days through last weekend and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

Decima says the Conservatives and Liberals are in dead heat in both Quebec and Ontario, but the Tories lead everywhere else in the country.

© The Canadian Press 2006

Michael McCafferty comments:
Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Government are obviously doing the 'right stuff' !