Prime Minister Stephen Harper is further from winning a majority government than when first elected with a minority 4½ years ago.
Mr. Harper has tried almost everything to bump up his party’s fortunes to majority territory, but nothing seems to have worked.
In 2006, his first electoral triumph, the Conservatives took 36.3 per cent of the popular vote; in 2008, they won 37.6 per cent. This summer, most polls have them slumping in the 30 to 33 per cent range.
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