Slight bump for PCs in latest poll shows 'shift' in voters, says Paul Davis

Premier Paul Davis says he's encouraged by thelatest Corporate Research Associates poll, even thoughit shows the Liberals leading with almost twice the support of the governing Tories.

The Liberals have dropped 12 points since last year, while the PC numbers have roughly stayed the same. The NDP have made gains, and now are just behind the Tories.

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After the poll results were released on Wednesday, Davis told CBC Newshe feels good that respondents said they aremostly satisfiedwith the job government isdoing.

"I'm actually encouraged by the numbers.What I see in the numbers is a shift," Davis said.

"We know that from the poll today about half of the people in the province are agreeing and like the work that we've done as a government."

Davis said voters are waking up to the fact that his government is being honest and not sugarcoating how they plan to deal with financial difficulties currently faced by the province.

"We're not going to make promises to people that we can't afford to do," he said.

"We're going to do things that are affordable and we're going to do them in a way that's accountable and that's going to get us to a long term future.

The CRA poll also found more than a quarter of the people surveyed said they were undecided on who they would vote for.

Ball confident but taking nothing for granted

Meanwhile, the Liberal party is also welcoming the latest CRA poll, whichshows the party is still the favourite heading into the fall electionwith a 48 per cent approval rating.

The NDP and PCs only got about half that level of support.

Despite the comfortable lead, the party is down 12 points from late last year.

"We takeabsolutely nothing for granted," said Liberal Leader Dwight Ball, who addedthe poll confirms what he's been hearing as he travels the province.

"We respect the choice of the people of the province, and we want to demonstrate to those people that we deserve the votes."

The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election will take place Nov. 30.