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Pollsters sound unusual note of caution in Canadian politics, aftermath of U.S. midterms

Pollster Nik Nanos says narrative unfolding is distance between voters and politicians. And it bodes ill for politicians.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not be immune to a Canadian version of the so-called Tea Party fury that devastated U.S. Democrats last week, and leading pollsters suggest he should be looking over his shoulder as the end of his fifth year in government nears.

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Pollsters sound unusual note of caution in Canadian politics, aftermath of U.S. midterms

Pollster Nik Nanos says narrative unfolding is distance between voters and politicians. And it bodes ill for politicians.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not be immune to a Canadian version of the so-called Tea Party fury that devastated U.S. Democrats last week, and leading pollsters suggest he should be looking over his shoulder as the end of his fifth year in government nears.

  

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