A new political poll is out in Nova Scotia!
It indicates a substantial increase in NDP support at the expense of the McNeil Liberals.
The Corporate Research Associates poll indicates public support for the Liberals at 50 percent with the NDP moving forward to 2nd place with 27 and the Tories down in third at 19.
CRA Chair and CEO Don Mills says there’s good reason for the rise in NDP fortunes.
He says: “There’s only one big event thats happened that has caused that switch it seems to me and that was the relatively surprising victory of the NDP in Alberta, which I think was a watershed moment.”
The poll also shows Liberal Leader and Premier Stephen McNeil’s popularity has taken a drop of almost ten points to 35 percent.
Mills suggests the cuts to the film tax credit has weighed heavily on the public’s perception of the government’s performance.
Here are other results from the poll:
One-half of decided voters support the Liberal Party (50%, down from 58% in February, 2015), while one-quarter (27%, up from 18%) support the NDP. Meanwhile, two in ten back the PC Party (19%, compared with 20%), while three percent prefer the Green Party (unchanged). The number of Nova Scotians who are undecided rests at 33 percent (compared with 31%), while six percent refuse to state a preference (compared with 4%), and six percent either support none of the parties or do not plan to vote (compared with 5%).
Fewer Nova Scotians are satisfied with the performance of their provincial government this quarter. One-half of residents are satisfied with the overall performance of the McNeil government (50%, down from 60% three months ago), while four in ten Nova Scotians are dissatisfied (41%, up from 27%). Meanwhile, ten percent (compared with 13%) do not offer a definite opinion.
When considering leader preference, support for Stephen McNeil of the Liberal Party stands at 35 percent (down from 44% three months ago), while two in ten prefer Jamie Baillie of the PC Party (18%, compared with 14%). Preference for acting leader Maureen MacDonald of the NDP rests at 20 percent (up from 12%), while preference for John Percy of the Green Party stands at four percent (compared with 3%). Meanwhile, under two in ten (17%, compared with 20%) are undecided in terms of leader preference, while six percent prefer none of these leaders (unchanged).
These results are part of the CRA Atlantic Quarterly®, an independent, quarterly telephone survey of Atlantic Canadians, and are based on a sample of 801 adult Nova Scotians, conducted from May 7 to June 1, 2015 with overall results accurate to within ± 3.5 percentage points, 95 out of 100 times.
