Federal Liberals (50%) Continue to Hold Resounding Lead
The Canadian Alliance (14%, down 1 point from October) and the Progressive Conservatives (13%, down 2 points) continue to trail far behind the Liberals, followed by the NDP (10%, down 3 points) and the Green Party (4%, unchanged). One in ten (9%) Canadians are undecided or would not vote.
The Bloc Quebecois (9% nationally) receive support of one in three (36%) voters in the Province of Quebec compare to the one in two (50%) who express support for the federal Liberals in the province.
When asked which of a number of individuals would make the best Prime Minister, former federal finance minister, Paul Martin (43%) is the clear choice. Current finance minister and deputy Prime Minister and Liberal leadership candidate, John Manley (12%) comes in second, followed by the leader of the Canadian Alliance, Stephen Harper (9%), Heritage minister and Liberal leadership candidate, Sheila Copps (7%), new NDP leader, Jack Layton (6%) and Progressive Conservative leadership candidate, Peter McKay (5%). One in five (19%) of Canadians say they `don't know'.
For full further breakdown of results and a copy of the release, please see attached pdf files.
These are the findings of an Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll conducted between April 15th and April 17th, 2003. The poll is based on a randomly selected sample of 1,009 adult Canadians. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to with Canadian population been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were statistically weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to the 2001 Census data.
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For more information on this news release, please contact:
John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs
(416) 324-2900
