before I head off to the SFX Toronto. This is from SES Research. The questions were open-ended so no prompt was given.
Question: What do you like, if anything, about the Stephen Harper led Conservative government?
1. Unsure (28%)
2. Nothing (22%)
3. Keeps his promises (12%)
4. Gets the job done (9%)
5. His policies (6%)
Question: What do you dislike, if anything, about the Stephen Harper led Conservative government?
1. Unsure (32%)
2. Nothing (15%)
3. Too close to US (11%)
4. War/Military Policy (7%)
5. His policies (7%)
Question: Why? (comfortable with a Stephen Harper led majority)
Top Five Reasons for those Comfortable with a Tory Majority
1. Doing a good job (21%)
2. Best choice (9%)
3. Give them a chance (8%)
4. Doing an okay job (6%)
5. His policies (6%)
Question: Why? (uncomfortable with a Stephen Harper led majority)
Top Five Reasons for those Uncomfortable with a Tory Majority
1. His policies (14%)
2. Dislike Harper/Conservatives (13%)
3. Can't be trusted (10%)
4. Doing a poor job (8%)
5. Minority better/keeps them in check (8%)
Comments (1)
It only goes to show you: it’s competence that counts for the swinging block of Canadian voters. The message is, “Do a good job (so we can safely ignore you) and we’ll let you do whatever you want.”
That’s what the Tories capitalized on when they won their minority: they convinced enough Canadians that the Liberals weren’t doing a good job.
To build to a majority, they should ignore the “don’t act like Joe Clark” advice and simply govern well.
The only danger the Tories need to avoid is plain idiocy. Even the Liberals were able to do that for a few years.
Posted by Doogie | September 4, 2006 11:23 PM
Posted on September 4, 2006 23:23