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BC Conservatives are second: it's no fluke, leader says (Penticton Herald)


A steady rise by the BC Conservatives in opinion polls is not a result of “brand confusion” with their federal namesake but rather a historic shift in political loyalties, Leader John Rustad says.

The latest poll shows the BC Conservatives with 26 per cent support, second to the governing NDP at 44 per cent, and considerably ahead of the BC United Party, formerly the BC Liberal Party, at 17 per cent.

The BC Conservatives are the current preference among voters in the Interior and the North, with 37 per cent, compared to 36 percent for the NDP, and just 15 percent for the BC United Party.

“I think there’s a real appetite for change,” BC Conservative Leader John Rustad said ...

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