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Conservatives outnumber other groups, but liberals tick up, Gallup poll says

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The number of self-identified conservatives continued to outpace the number of moderates and liberals in the U.S. population in 2014, though the gap between conservatives and liberals was the smallest in Gallups trends since 1992.

The percentage of adults who identified themselves as politically conservative was 38 percent unchanged from 2013. The percentage of moderates, 34 percent, was also unchanged, while 24 percent considered themselves liberal, the third straight year that number increased by a percentage point.

In 1992, meanwhile, about four in 10 Americans identified themselves as moderate, with conservatives at 36 percent and liberals at 17 percent.

Results were based on aggregated telephone interviews from 15 Gallup polls conducted in 2014, with a random sample of 16,479 U.S. adults; the margin of error is plus or minus 1 percentage point.

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Liberals choosing candidate for Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune

Vote coming Jan. 19

Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune residents will soon know who their Liberal candidate will be for the 2015 provincial election.

Nominations opened last Wednesday and close Jan. 12. Voting will take place Mon., Jan. 19.

Three residents of the Coast of Bays said in 2014 that they would be seek the nomination - Bill Carter of Harbour Breton, Conrad Collier of St. Albans and Mildred Skinner of Harbour Breton.

The candidates outlined some of their views in an earlier Advertiser article.

Bill Carter

Carter said one of the key issues in the district is the co-existence of its two main industries the traditional fishery and the aquaculture industry.

Its well known that the aquaculture industry has been a huge economic boost to the region in the past eight years, he said. We really need to make sure the industry is managed properly, particularly from a bio-security perspective.

We need to protect the long-term stability, viability and sustainability of the industry which has to be managed in a constructive manner.

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Liberals Promote Human-Animal Equality – Video


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Jodie Emery on Sun TV: Canada’s Liberals Support Legal Pot – Video


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Federal Liberals hold onto slight lead, poll shows

The federal Liberals continue to maintain a slight lead in public support, according to a new Forum Research poll.

With an election to be held in or before October, the Liberals have the support of 37 per cent of Canadian voters, with the Tories holding onto 33 per cent, the survey, found.

The New Democrats are at 20 per cent support.

The Liberals saw a slight drop in fortunes, down from last months total of 41 per cent support, while the Conservatives remained steady at 33 per cent.

The NDP jumped slightly from 17 per cent in December.

While the Liberals still lead, its a more modest kind of parity than weve seen recently, Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff said in a statement.

He said the 30 new seats being added to the House of Commons for the next election favour the Conservatives, who, according to Bozinoff stand to win a small minority despite trailing slightly in the popular vote, based on the latest poll results.

In the last half year the Conservatives have eaten into the previously large lead the Liberals enjoyed since choosing Justin Trudeau as their leader in 2013.

The two parties have been virtually neck and neck since this past fall.

The official Opposition New Democrats, however, have seen no more than 23 per cent support from respondents since last May.

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