a.) When a party loses an election, the leader usually has to take the blame for this, fairly or unfairly. Did Stéphane Dion help or hurt the Liberal Party during the 2008 election?

b.) Similarly when a party wins, its leader gets the credit. Therefore it is also worth asking whether the Conservatives won in part because of the Prime Minister or in spite of the opinion Canadians hold of him.

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This question is a part of Statistics and it discusses about a party losing elections and the leader is blamed and when a party wins an election, it is the leader who gets the credit. The question about 2008 election in Canada and the conservative and liberal party in the election has been discussed.