What Canadians Would Change in Harper and Martin
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Canadians Say Paul Martin Should Be More Transparent, Accountable and Honest
The latest national survey by SES Research shows that a
plurality of Canadians with an opinion want Prime Minister Paul
Martin to be more transparent/accountable/honest (15.5%). When
Canadians were asked what they would change about Stephen Harper, the
number one formed opinion was that everything should be changed
(8.7%). The survey was completed Monday August 8, 2005
“Polling indicates that there is still some residual image drag
resulting from the advertising scandal for Prime Minister Paul
Martin.”
“Compared to Paul Martin, not as many Canadians have formed opinions
of what they would change about Stephen Harper. One of two (51%)
Canadians could not form an opinion of changes to Harper compared to
38% for Paul Martin.”
Polling August 4th to August 8th, 2005 random telephone survey of
1,000 Canadians, MoE ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20). Percentages may not
add up to 100 due to rounding.
Paul Martin (N=1,000, MoE ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20).
If there were one thing that you could change, if anything, about
Prime Minister Paul Martin, what would it be? [Unprompted]
Be more transparent/accountable/honest – 15.5%
Be more aggressive/decisive/get a backbone – 7.8%
Change policy positions – 7.3%
Change everything/new leader – 5.1%
Be more down to earth/listen to Canadians – 4.7%
Change his attitude/be less arrogant – 3.0%
Too close to Bush/stand up to Americans – 2.4%
Too close to big business/CSL loopholes – 2.3%
Change nothing – 2.1%
Other (Answers with less than 2%) – 11.4%
Unsure – 11.5%
No Answer – 26.9%
Stephen Harper (N=1,000, MoE ± 3.1%, 19 times out of 20).
If there were one thing that you could change, if anything, about
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, what would it be? [Unprompted]
Change everything/new leader – 8.7%
Be more open-minded – 5.8%
Have more personality/better image – 5.3%
Change policy positions – 4.7%
Be less conservative/religious – 4.0%
Be more honest/have more integrity – 2.3%
Change his attitude/be less arrogant – 2.0%
Be more charismatic/inspire Canadians – 2.0%
Other (Answers with less than 2%) – 14.4%
Unsure – 18.4%
No Answer – 32.4%
@ August 23, 2005