Greens Relentlessly Rise as Cons Sag

Harris Decima's most recent poll shows the Green Party at 12% across Canada -- above the Bloc and almost within the margin of error of the NDP.

Across the country the Green Party of Canada continues to build support.

For any pundit who thinks that the Green Party pulls its support from the left, the figures below should dispel that notion forever. We pull our support from across the entire political spectrum. To really understand how the Green Party is further to more fiscally responsible than the parties of the right, while as the same time being more socially progressive than the parties of the left see http://www.greenparty.ca/en/node/1150

Compared to our standing in the 2006 federal election here's the great news:

. . . . . . . . . . .Harris Decima . . . . 2006
Party. . . . . . . . . . . Poll. . . . . . Election . . . . .Difference
Green Party . . . . . 12% . . . . . . . 4.5% . . . . . . + 7.5%
Libs . . . . . . . . . . .32% . . . . . . . 30.2%. . . . . . + 1.8%
NDP . . . . . . . . . . 16% . . . . . . . 17.5% . . . . . . .-1.5%
Bloc . . . . . . . . . . . 9% . . . . . . . 10.5% . . . . . . . -1.5%
Cons . . . . . . . . . . 29% . . . . . . .36.3% . . . . . . -7.3%

You can download the full poll from http://www.decima.com/en/pdf/news_releases/080129E...

Now I can hear some people already saying -- "Well, it's just one poll." And yes, they'd be correct, it is just one poll -- so to preempt that critique, I'm also posting the latest 5 poll rolling average from Paulitics -- which you can see at http://paulitics.wordpress.com/polls/

Look at the differences of each party's support from the federal election -- the Green Party is up 140% from our 2006 support (6.3% above 4.5%); the Liberals are up 1% since (0.4% above 30.6%); the Conservatives have sagged 6% (-2.1% below 36.3%); the Dipper support has dipped 15% (-2.7% below 17.5%); while the Bloc has dipped 12% (1.3% below 10.5%)