Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Polls show NDP gains everywhere

Its a good time to be a member of the New Democratic Party. Good news for the party has been coming from unexpected quarters, and literally everywhere in Canada. Right here in British Columbia, there are new polls showing the BC NDP in a dominant position against the incumbent BC Liberals. Its a shame that these numbers weren't in time for the election last May, but hopefully they'll hold for the next provincial election in 2013. Once again, this is just more proof that Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals are out of touch with BC citizens and that its time for new leadership in the province. In terms of federal politics, the NDP is trailing the Conservatives, but this was taken from a poll before the last by-elections, and NDP fortunes have improved since then.
Further out in Ontario, the New Democrats there have risen to twenty percent in the polls for the provincial election to be held in 2011, once again representing an improvement on their numbers from the last election.
Prince Edward Island has never been a particularly welcoming place for the NDP, but even there polls are starting to show upward movement, the party now polls at nine percent, a fifty percent increase from their last polling information.
Nova Scotia brings us the greatest news, with provincial polling showing a staggering fifty-three percent of voters supporting the new provincial government led by Darrell Dexter.
Federally in Quebec, the New Democrats are absolutely surging, polling at seventeen percent in the province and in a statistical tie with both the Conservatives and the Liberals in the province. More importantly, the numbers suggest that Quebec voters are warming to Jack Layton and the party, as voters rated Mr. Layton the most honest and most trusted of the Federalist leaders. Nearly thirty percent of Quebec voters also believe that Mr. Layton would be the best Prime Minister, so it looks as though gains in Quebec are on the horizon for the next federal election, at least in Quebec.
All of this says that being right on the major issues of the day is starting to pay off for the NDP; voters are starting to realize that New Democrats at every level of government are not only competant, but that they have the right answers to guide Canada into the future.

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