I had just e-mailed Scott at Progressive Bloggers earlier today (because he is a font of wisdom - do I get that $10 now?) to see if he had any recent numbers on the Liberal leadership candidates and lo and behold, he and I discovered two different news stories at the same time about a freshly released poll with numbers that may be a bit of a surprise to some of you out there."Mr. Ignatieff, despite being the perceived front-runner and having considerable media attention, has not been able to put real distance between himself and the others, when it comes to voter impressions," Decima's Bruce Anderson said in a release.
When voters who aren't sure are taken out of the mix, former Ontario premier Bob Rae inches ahead of the others: 26 per cent of respondents said they would vote Liberal or consider voting Liberal if Rae were at the party's helm, compared with 23 per cent for former cabinet minister Stephane Dion and 21 per cent for Ignatieff.
In Ontario, Rae has an even wider lead over the perceived front-runner, with 11 per cent more voters saying they would vote Liberal or consider voting Liberal if he were leader than if Ignatieff won.
The poll was conducted between Aug. 31 and Sept.4 by telephone. The results are based on a sample of just over 1,000 adult Canadians and are considered accurate to within plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
Maybe there's hope for an actual left-wing swing after all.
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