Still, the poll from Abacus Data shows that Harper remains a polarizing figure with more Canadians disapproving of the job he's doing than those who approve.
Meanwhile, Harper's chief opponent, Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair, continues to get a strong thumbs up from many Canadians though the bloom is wilting a bit on his rose.
When asked if they thought the country was heading in the right direction, 40% of the 2,099 people surveyed by Abacus said it was, an improvement of one percentage point since Abacus last asked that question in a June survey. Meanwhile, 43% said the country was going in the wrong direction, but that's down by three percentage points since June.
The poll was conducted Aug. 10-12.
Harper also has far more Canadians giving him the thumbs down. While 36% of respondents said they have a favourable impression of the prime minister, nearly half, or 47%, said they had an unfavourable impression.
Mulcair, by contrast, is the only federal leader who has more Canadians liking him than disliking him. Abacus found 31% have a favourable impression while 27% have an unfavourable one.
Abacus noted that Canadians are becoming more familiar with Mulcair, who won the NDP leadership in March. The number of people who told Abacus they don't know Mulcair or feel neutral towards him has declined four percentage points since June.
Abacus drew the survey participants from an online panel of more than 150,000 Canadians.
Abacus said it weighted the data for age, gender and other factors to mirror the latest Canadian census data.
The pollster did not provide a margin of error for its results because panellists were not selected randomly. The margin of error for a randomly selected panel of 2,099 is plus or minus 2.2%, 19 times out of 20.
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Source: toronto sun
Author: David Akin
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