Gap closes between Conservatives and Liberals in BC

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According to the latest November Mustel Group poll, the Conservatives are now at 33% in BC, the Liberals at 30%, the NDP at 27% and the Greens at 9%. In other words, 66% of the BC populatiuon are now to the left of the Conservatives. Other than Quebec, is there any province in Canada in which the Conservatives are less popular than they are in BC?

In the January election, the Conservatives were at 37% and the Liberals at 28% in BC. BC was the only province in which the Conservatives lost seats in both of the last two federal elections and they are now poised to lose even more seats, especially if Bob Rae succeeds in getting some NDP voters to shift to the Liberals. Bob Rae is in first place in Liberal delegate support in BC, Ignatieff in fourth place with Kennedy and Dion in between.

The November Mustel Poll also reveals that only 37% of BC residents support the Conservative position on Afghanistan...less than the national average, and only 33% of BC residents support the Conservative position on environmental issues.