The poll found Ignatieff earned a net negative score in every region of the country, among men and women, all age groups and all education levels. He scored worse than Harper among all demographic groups, except Quebecers and those with post-graduate degrees.
Summer tour lifts Liberals, but not Ignatieff: poll
Only self-identified Liberal supporters gave Ignatieff an overall positive rating and even that was tepid — 54 per cent favourable versus 32 per cent unfavourable.
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Harper, by contrast was viewed favourably by a whopping 88 per cent of Conservatives. He also scored overall positive ratings among Prairie respondents and those with college educations.
Harris-Decima chairman Allan Gregg said the results suggest Ignatieff has failed to cultivate a base of loyal supporters who view him as their champion.
“He simply does not have a base out there, whereas Harper does,” Gregg said in an interview.
“As a consequence . . . the Conservative vote is far more resilient when it gets pushed down and, on the other side, there’s no lift for the Liberal vote that might be provided by leadership.”
Liberals are resigned to another defeat, as long as the Conservatives don’t win a majority government. But if their party sits at 25 per cent, there is a chance of Prime Minister Stephen Harper winning a majority, which would keep the Liberals out of government for at least another four years. This scares many of them because Liberals out of power are like fish out of water. If they perceive that Harper can get a majority, the Grits would like to get rid of Ignatieff, regroup around a new leader and go to the polls trying to defeat the Conservatives.
Liberals should have held that leadership convention this guy is done like dinner.
Ian Davey, Mr. Ignatieff's top strategist, is a tough call. “Attack ads are generally effective if they are calibrated right,” he said. “I think there is some issue here on the ‘carpetbagger case,' which may not hold water as it might have in 2006.” That was when Mr. Ignatieff, a new entrant to politics, made his first run at the leadership. With the global recession, with the arrival of Barack Obama, Mr. Davey feels that cheap political partisanship may have less of a place. “The big question is how much of a political paradigm shift are we in?” - Nice Guys Finish Last June 25, 2009
Quebec MPs not competent or loyal?
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has reportedly tabbed former cabinet minister Martin Cauchon to advise him on Quebec. That position has been vacant since Jean-Marc Fournier, Ignatieff's former principal secretary, resigned last week to become Quebec's justice minister.
Cauchon is not a sitting MP, has not sat in Parliament since 2004 and responsible for passing same sex marriage through parliament. Canada is one of the few countries where it is legal today.
In his acceptance speech, Cauchon revealed that, politically, four people in Canada were responsible for the push to accept same-sex "marriage:" besides himself, there were Paul Genest who, as policy advisor to Jean Chretien, used his position to advocate relentlessly for gay marriage; Alex Himmelfarb, Clerk of the Privy Council and Deputy Minister of Justice Morris Rosenberg.
Cauchon is not a sitting MP, has not sat in Parliament since 2004 and responsible for passing same sex marriage through parliament. Canada is one of the few countries where it is legal today.
In his acceptance speech, Cauchon revealed that, politically, four people in Canada were responsible for the push to accept same-sex "marriage:" besides himself, there were Paul Genest who, as policy advisor to Jean Chretien, used his position to advocate relentlessly for gay marriage; Alex Himmelfarb, Clerk of the Privy Council and Deputy Minister of Justice Morris Rosenberg.
Who pushed for "gay" marriage in Canada?
We're talking about essential freedoms here." Justice Minister Martin Cauchon.
Social Background Characteristics: The Shrinking Liberal Core
The Liberals were able to coast to victory in 2000 with the support of two key groups:
visible minorities and Catholics. By 2008, the Liberals could no longer count on their loyalty.
The visible minority vote dropped 14 points between 2000 and 2004 (see Figure 2).3 The main beneficiary was the NDP. The Liberals did not lose any further ground in 2006, but in 2008, they lost a massive 19 points. And now it was the Conservatives who benefited. In fact, minority voters were almost as likely to vote Conservative in 2008 as they were to vote Liberal.
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| Already in trouble with Catholics, adding Cauchon to your team is political suicide |
The Liberals were able to coast to victory in 2000 with the support of two key groups:
visible minorities and Catholics. By 2008, the Liberals could no longer count on their loyalty.
The visible minority vote dropped 14 points between 2000 and 2004 (see Figure 2).3 The main beneficiary was the NDP. The Liberals did not lose any further ground in 2006, but in 2008, they lost a massive 19 points. And now it was the Conservatives who benefited. In fact, minority voters were almost as likely to vote Conservative in 2008 as they were to vote Liberal.
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