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Poll gives Jack Harris big lead in St. John's East

by Michael Connors
October 2, 2008
The NTV/Telelink poll shows NDP candidate Jack Harris has opened up a big lead in St. John's East. Telelink polled 526 likely voters during the weekend. A majority of respondents, 52.3%, said they plan to vote for Jack Harris on election day. Liberal candidate Walter Noel is a distant second with 8.7%. In a statistical tie for second is Conservative candidate Craig Westcott, who has 8.2%. Undecided are 30.4% of respondents, the lowest undecided rate of the three Avalon peninsula ridings. The margin of error is +/-4.4 percentage points 19 times out of 20. Only 22.3% of non-Conservative voters said their choice was influenced by the ABC Campaign; 76% said it was not. Outgoing Conservative MP Norm Doyle did leave a good impression with his constituents: 50.2% said they were satisfied with his performance as MP, 29.1% said they were dissatisfied. As for the issues, the numbers paralleled the other two districts: 48.1% identified social programs as the most important issue, 20% chose the economy as most important.

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