From behind its Internet firewall, Le Devoir reports the results of the latest Leger poll in Quebec (margin of error 3.1 per cent): The Bloc still leads with 38 per cent, the Liberals are at 21 – a drop of 4 points since last month and 6 months lower than in the January poll. The Conservatives are stable at 17 per cent, tied with the NDP, which has risen by 3 points in the past month.
Among francophones, the Bloc is at 45 per cent, the Conservatives are at 18, the New Democrats are at 17 and the Liberals are at 16 per cent, a decline of 5 points in the past month.
In the Québec region, the Conservatives are in second place again, with 27 per cent, behind the Bloc at 34 per cent. The level of satisfaction with the Conservative government has risen slightly, but is totally accounted for by those refusing to answer … 74 per cent are dissatisfied.
Interestingly, Le Devoir is also reporting from the same poll that the level of dissatisfaction with the Charest government is now even higher, and stands at an unprecedented 77 per cent … an increase of 15 points in the past two months. … Pollster Christian Bourque observes that the decline is attributable to the tax and fee increases in the provincial budget, and that the Charest government’s position on the niqab has not helped its standing.
The provincial Liberals are at 30 per cent in voting intentions, a drop of 2 points in the past month and 7 points since February…. The PQ is stable at 40 per cent, and leads among francophones by 46 to 23 per cent. 27 per cent of Quebeckers think that Pauline Marois would make the best premier (an increase of 3 per cent), while Jean Charest is in second place at 17 per cent.
