Opinions of the Top Tier Liberal Leadership Candidates in the Blogosphere (week ending October 27)

Week Ending October 27, 2006

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Blogosphere Begins to Show Division Over the Status of Quebec in the Liberal Leadership Race.

Opponents of Quebec’s status as a nation (Rae, Dion) criticized in the blogosphere.

Rae received the most negative opinions on the blogosphere this week. His negative comments increased 14% (from 20% last week to 34% this week) while his positive comments dropped by 19% (from 34% to 15%). Dion’s negative comments jumped 10% (from 12% to 22%) while his positive comments slipped 6% (from 25% to 19%).

The other two candidates saw fewer differences from last week. The blogosphere let up on Ignatieff with negative comments decreasing from 35% to 28% this week, dropping 7% while his positives increased 3% (from 7% to 11%). Kennedy saw only minor changes with his negative comments increasing by 3%. The spike in negative comments for both Rae and Dion can in part be contributed to negative reception at the Montreal hosted French-language debate which took place on Saturday, October 21st.www.infoscapelab.ca)" title="Opinions on the Top Tier Liberal Leadership Candidates (October 21 to October 27): Source: Google News/Blogs, Research by Infoscape (www.infoscapelab.ca)" class="image preview" width="573" height="392" />Opinions on the Top Tier Liberal Leadership Candidates (October 21 to October 27): Source: Google News/Blogs, Research by Infoscape (www.infoscapelab.ca)

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