Poll Shows Continued Poor Showing Of Liberals In Canada

October 26, 2009 7:16 a.m. EST

Ottawa, Ontario (AHN) - The Liberal Party's performance at election surveys continues to indicate worsening results as their support plummets further despite all the party's efforts to destroy the rival Conservative Party.

According to the latest poll of Ipsos Reid, if a federal election would be held today, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff would get only 25 percent of the votes, which is even three points less compared to the 28 percent his predecessor Stephane Dion got at the last fall election.

In contrast, rival Prime Minister Stephen Harper got a 40 percent vote, although it is concentrated only in certain provinces of Canada. In fact is in an improvement from an Ipsos Reid poll released two weeks ago in two aspects.

First is Harper's votes even went up to 40 percent from 39 percent. Ignatieff's support plummeted to 25 percent from 29 percent.

The Tories' lead was highest in Ontario where Harper's party got 31 percent, versus Ignatieff's 32 percent. According to Ipsos Reid chief executive officer Darrell Bricker, the improvement in the Conservatives poll performance could lead the administration party to capture more seats in the House of Commons and become a majority-led government.

It is a near possibility since in 1997, the party of Jean Chretien become a majority government with just 37 percent of the votes.

The New Democratic Party kept its third place slot with a 13 percent voter support which is unchanged, while the Green Party improved with a 3 percent increase in votes to 11 percent from the last poll.

The telephone survey covered 1,000 Canadians from Oct. 20 to 22.