Now that we have made it through two elections in the space of two months - maybe we should take a break. Will politicos here in North Vancouver be able to enjoy some U.S. Thanksgiving turkey, and then a peaceful non-campaign driven Christmas/New Years season?
Hardly! With the Provincial election looming May 12, 2009 - expect the campaign Christmas cards to fly and the prognostications to start immediately!
Take for instance the Ipsos Reid poll reported in the Vancouver Sun today. That poll flying in the face of an Angus Reid poll a few days ago showing the NDP with a five point lead over the BC Liberals. Today's poll says the BC Libs actually have a 9-point lead over the New Democrats.
Don't you love politics!
The B.C. Liberal government continues to run comfortably ahead of the New Democratic Party, according to a new poll by Ipsos Reid.
The poll -- which contrasts sharply with one released on Friday by Angus Reid Strategies -- gives Premier Gordon Campbell's Liberal party 44-per-cent support, nine points ahead of the NDP.
The Angus Reid poll Friday gave the NDP 44 per cent, which translated into a five-point lead over the governing Liberals.
"I'm not going to comment on the difference," Ipsos Reid spokesman Kyle Braid said Monday, adding it is his policy not to comment on polls from competing companies.
"I've gone through ours, I'm comfortable with the results, and I think I'll let the numbers and our record stand for itself."
The Ipsos Reid numbers show little change from the provincial polling the company has done over the past two years, with the Liberal party dropping just three points from the support Ipsos Reid was tracking in June.
Source: Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, November 18, 2008