Posted AT 5:16 PM EDT on 24/11/05
Harper keeping Liberals alive, poll suggests
Ottawa — The biggest handicap facing the Liberals is not the sponsorship scandal, but a deep-rooted desire for change, a new poll suggests.
The Decima survey turns conventional wisdom on its head by suggesting voters' inclination for a change in government dwarfs their anger over sponsorship.
Only 35 per cent of respondents who said they wanted to replace the government cited the scandal as their prime motivation.
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