Opinions of the Top Tier Liberal Leadership Candidates in the Blogosphere (week ending September 29)

Week Ending September 29, 2006

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Executive Summary

In advance of the leadership delegate selection, the blogosphere turned decidedly negative on all candidates except Gerard Kennedy.

• Negative comments about Bob Rae increased 7% over the week ending September 22nd. One quarter (1/4) of blogs posted negative comments about Rae this past week. Rae and Ignatieff had by far the most opinionated blog posts. Both candidates saw 55% of blogs posting explicitly positive or negative comments.
• Michael Ignatieff’s coverage in the blogosphere (now 28%) was 6% more negative compared to the week ending September 22nd.
• Scott Brison saw the largest jump in negative comments, from 7% to over 30% for the last week.
• Ken Dryden’s negative rating nearly doubled from 11% to 20% for the past week. Likewise Stephane Dion saw negative posts about him increase from 13% to 22%.

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