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January 17, 2006

Misleading headline? Or prophetic headline?

NealeNews linked to a Telegraph Online article with this rather misleading headline: "Conservative juggernaut will crush Canada's ruling Liberals, polls predict":

Canada's Conservatives appear to be steaming towards a historic general election victory, opinion polls have predicted.

With less than a week until polling day on Jan 23, yesterday every survey showed that the party that has been out of power for more than a decade is poised to crush the ruling Liberals headed by Paul Martin, the prime minister.

The latest polls give the Conservatives a 10-point lead over the Liberals, with some showing a widening gap between the two parties.

Although the polls are still showing a strong Conservative lead, the numbers don't translate directly into seats: most such projections are still pointing to a bare majority or a strong minority for Harper. That doesn't quite match with the mental image of a "Conservative Juggernaut".

Posted by Nicholas at January 17, 2006 02:30 PM
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