Saturday, March 22, 2008

New Wallup Poll Shows Tighening Race

The Franklin Times -

The upcoming parliamentary elections are growing more competitive according to the most recent Wallup Election Poll.

If the election were held today, who would you support?

FMP - 7%; FHSRP - 6%; LFP - 7%; LLM - 8%; ALP - 7%; JRP - 5%; FDRP - 17%; Unsure - 43%

While the poll shows growing competition, there is still a massive number of voters who are undecided. When these undecided voters were questioned, many complained that the parties, while beginning to offer policies, were not distinguishing themselves. "I would love to see more debate between the parties over the future course of the country," explain Sarah Fale (an undecided voter). "The parties are not engaging each other in this election."

The NEC also announced that due to these poll results all recognized political parties qualified for the allocated $50 million in campaign funds. The NEC Director, James McFarland, announced that the first filing report for campaign expenditures would be due April 2nd.

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