The Angus read poll released on August 4 points out that “The Greens are the only political party to improve from their 2006 federal election numbers."
Elizabeth has the highest net approval rating of all the political leaders. (percentage of respondents who approve subtracting percentage respondents who disapprove).
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Approve . . Disapprove . . Net*. . . .Net National*
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Elizabeth May . . . . . . .20 . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . -4 . . . . #1
Jack Layton . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . -9 . . . . #2
Stephen Harper . . . . . 32 . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . -14 . . . .#3
Gilles Duceppe . . . . . .18 . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . -27 . . . . #4
Stephane Dion . . . . . .13 . . . . .58 . . . . . . . . -45 . . . . #5
*Note the last two columns are not from the Angus Reid study -- I've taken their data -- the first two columns approve and disapprove and created a net score and net national ranking for the five leaders.
The poll also notes that the economy is the top issue (21%); environment is a very close second (20%); health care 3rd (19%); the drops off sharply to poverty (7%); energy and electricity (6%)
For full poll see http://www.angusreidstrategies.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news&newsid=275&...