9/9/1999 10:32:28 AM Latest Focus Canada Results Liberals Hold a Wide Lead but Conservatives are Up August 1999 – The latest FOCUS CANADA survey found Jean Chrétien’s Liberals holding their lead over other parties, with the support of 48 percent of decided voters; this proportion was essentially unchanged from March 1998. Support for Joe Clark’s Conservatives had increased, to 16 percent, slightly ahead of the Reform Party and the New Democrats (both 12%). In Quebec, the federal Liberals (47%, up eight points) moved ahead of the Bloc Québécois (38%, down ten points). Federal Party Support 1993-1999 Subsample: Decided eligible voters   July 1999 April 1999 Oct 1998 Mar 1998 Oct 1997 June 1997 Election Liberal 48 49 49 48 45 38 PC 16 13 13 12 15 19 NDP 12 12 12 12 13 11 Reform 12 11 13 15 16 19 The above results of Environics’ most recent FOCUS CANADA survey are based on a survey conducted among a national sample of 2,018 adult Canadians, including 1,931 eligible voters. The survey was conducted between July 2 and August 2, 1999. The margin of error for a sample of this size is approximately two percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The question wording was as follows: If a Canadian federal election were held today, which of the following parties would you vote for? For more information, please contact: Donna Dasko, Senior Vice President Environics Research Group 416-920-9010 ext.222 donna_dasko@environics.ca [ Latest News Articles ]       [ View Past Articles ]