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Originally Posted by Slava
I can see the boost because of the Olympics, but how does Haiti help?
I know Rush Limbaugh figured Haiti played right into Obamas hands, but he is an idiot! Surely in Canada that disaster doesn't favour one party over another does it?
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Well, the pollsters said that they were surprised that Haiti didn't help the Conservatives because Canadians see our aid and personnel going in to help and they think "gee, our government is on the ball helping these people out as quickly as they could". The CBC article gave two possibilities: (1) Canadians don't typically think that way (associating our help in Haiti with Stephen Harper) or (2) the EKOS poll ended only couple days ago, so the people polled at the beginning of the poll taking may not have taken the Haiti situation into consideration.
But I agree with you... it shouldn't be an issue that moves the numbers. For the Olympics... well it depends on how much we see of the Canadian logo. That logo is great set-up for people to associate any medals we haul in to the Conservative party. That logo was brilliant politicing on their part.