NDP on the rebound: voter support increasing for governing party
Posted Dec 7, 2010 05:57:35 AM.
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Fortunes appear to be improving for Nova Scotia’s governing NDP party.
The latest poll numbers from Corporate Research Associates indicate the Dexter New Democrats are enjoying an increase in public satisfaction with their performance.
CRA pollster Don Mills tells the Rick Howe Show the NDP is rebounding after a shaky first year in power.
“The NDP kind of hit a low number in May and August,” he said. “They were down in the low-forties in terms of satisfaction with performance and now it’s 48. It’s nothing to write home about, but it’s headed in the right direction for them.”
He says the NDP appears to be getting out of the weeds, policy-wise, and people are responding well.
“They’re into kind of an action mode now. They’ve come out with a number of announcements over the last several weeks that show them to be starting to take some action on some files,” he said. “That’s obviously going reasonably well for them at the moment.”
Mills says Premier Darrell Dexter’s making a bit of a personal comeback too.
“He’s coming off a low,” Mills said. “In May he was at 24 per cent in terms of preference as premier and he’s slowly coming back from that low point. He’s now at 31 per cent and he leads all leaders in that regard.”
The Liberals meanwhile dropped from 35 to 31 per cent support among decided voters. Tories saw a jump from 21 per cent in August to 26 per cent this time.
