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Conservatives' popularity slips: poll
Tue Feb 21, 2006

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The federal Conservatives have lost some public support since winning the January 23 election and are now slightly behind the opposition Liberals, according to a new poll released on Tuesday.

The SES survey put backing for the Conservatives at 33 percent, compared with the 36.3 percent they won on election night. The Liberals, who were ousted after 12 years in power, were up to 34 percent from 30.2 percent.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally assumed power on February 6 and immediately provoked a storm of criticism by giving senior cabinet jobs to a Liberal defector and an unelected campaign aide.

"Polling indicates that the Conservative government's honeymoon was short-lived ... We can expect a period of voter volatility as Canadians assess the new Harper-led federal government," said SES President Nik Nanos.

The New Democrats were up slightly to 18 percent from the 17.5 percent they won in the election.

The SES survey of 1,000 people was conducted from February 4 to February 9 and is considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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