The CHUD.COM Message Boards EQUALBIAS Political Discourse PDA View Full Version : Why I Might Seem Daft(Canadian Politics) Adam Warren 04-30-2002, 10:08 AM 18% put Alliance on wrong side of NDP, 32% haven't a clue Chris Cobb Ottawa Citizen Monday, April 29, 2002 OTTAWA - A large number of Canadians do not know the difference between the political right and the left, according to a new poll. When Compas pollsters recently asked Canadians whether the Canadian Alliance party was to the right or left of the NDP, fewer than half answered correctly. Only 47 per cent knew the Alliance was to the right of the New Democrats, while 18 per cent said it was to the political left of the social-democratic NDP. Three per cent thought they were on the same political wing and 32 per cent said they did not know. Conrad Winn, the president of Compas, which conducted the poll for Southam News and Global Television, said the ignorance of such a fundamental aspect of politics may be even worse than the numbers first suggest. Almost three quarters of Canadians, he said, either do not know, or are fuzzy on, the concept of a political right and left. | |
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