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June 11, 2004
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Riding Studies - Palliser
Tight Race: Incumbent Proctor Threatened by Conservative Strengths and NDP Weaknesses

Conservative Batters in Position to Oust Incumbent Proctor Because of the Locally Weak NDP Brand

The NDP may lose its current rural Saskatchewan House of Commons seat of Palliser in the upcoming election despite the NDP’s growing support nationally, according to a COMPAS riding poll (N=300) conducted for the National Post, Global Television, and Leader-Post.

Conservative candidate Dave Batters, with 40% of the decided vote, may edge out incumbent New Democrat MP Dick Proctor, who has 35% of the vote, as shown in table 1. Liberal Candidate John Williams trails with 23% of the decided vote. With a margin of error of 5.8 percentage points, Batters victory over Proctor is suggestive, not certain.

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