Poll: Too much fuss over Emerson?

The Prince George Free Press asks the question:

Has there been too much fuss made of David Emerson’s defection to the Conservative Party?

With my vote No, there has not too much fuss been made, the standings were No in the lead at 64.3%. This is rather interesting, as Prince George-Peace River is the riding of long time Conservative MP Jay Hill. Handily winning his seat for the fifth time in a row with with 60% of the vote in the 2006 election, Hill wrote on January 26th that a Conservative government would indeed be different because:

[it] will not be plagued with… “residual arrogance” Jay Hill, Conservative MP

Half right, Hill is, as our new government is plagued with “brand new arrogance”. Hill’s voters never voted for that.

Of course, we already knew that Conservative support for what Harper and Emerson did, among the people who matter most to Conservatives in an election – conservative voters – is very weak.

Even in ridings where Conservative voters predominate (like Prince George-Peace River), 75% want to see Emerson run in a by-election. (Ipsos-Reid Poll, February)

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