http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/general/canada-economy en http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Only 35% believe Canada is heading in the right direction, while 33% say it is on the wrong track, according to pollsters Abacus Data.</p> <p>These are the weakest indicators Abacus has seen since they began tracking this question 18 months ago. Among those who say the country is heading in the right direction, 46% intend to vote CPC, 25% NDP, and 23% LPC. Among those who have the opposite view, 38% intend to vote LPC, 37% intend to vote NDP, and 12% intend to vote CPC.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Slide115.png" style="width: 444px; height: 333px;" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="https://abacusdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Slide214.png" style="width: 444px; height: 333px;" /></p> <p><a href="https://abacusdata.ca/headline-the-politics-of-a-soft-economy/">SEE FULL STORY HERE</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="service-links"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=&amp;text=The politics of a soft economy&amp;counturl=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy" class="twitter-share-button service-links-twitter-widget" title="Tweet This" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Tweet Widget</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=100&amp;height=21&amp;font=&amp;locale=" title="I Like it" class="service-links-facebook-like" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="element-invisible">Facebook Like</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" title="Share this post on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook-widget" rel="http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy" target="_blank">Share on Facebook</a></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/canada-election-2015" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canada election 2015</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/general/canada-economy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">canada economy</a></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Sep 2015 16:30:58 +0000 SCT and news sources 4032 at http://www.southcoasttoday.ca http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/politics-soft-economy#comments