Chances of a quick Canada seen fading fast - David Ljunggren, Reuters.ca

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But an Ekos survey of almost 11,000 Canadians — more than 10 times the usual polling size — put the Liberals at 33.5 percent in public support and the Conservatives at 32.3 percent.

Under Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system, a party needs to win around 36 percent of the vote to win a minority government and about 40 percent to stand a chance of capturing a majority.

“The overall picture these numbers paint is slightly more positive for the Liberals, who are ahead more days than they lag,” said Ekos President Frank Graves.

“But the situation is clearly quite volatile, and neither party could force an election right now confident they would win, much less form a majority,” he said in a statement.

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Posted on June 2nd, 2009 under Uncategorized • RSS 2.0 feed