Voters disenchanted with ruling NDP: poll
Posted Mar 9, 2011 05:44:35 AM.
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Corporate Research Associates have released the results of their latest political survey and it shows Nova Scotians are not happy with the NDP.
However, they aren’t particularly enamoured with any of the other parties either.
According to the survey, Premier Darrell Dexter’s popularity dropped eight percentage points, hitting its lowest point in over a year, and sits at 23 per cent.
CRA Executive Vice-President Margaret Brigley says the NDP continue to find it tough to get support from voters, with satisfaction dropping from 48 to 44 per cent this quarter.
“Right now, Nova Scotia residents are as likely to be dissatisfied with the government as they are to be satisfied,” she said. “We’ve got about 40 per cent expressing some level of satisfaction and 45 per cent reporting some level of dissatisfaction.”
None of the other party leaders are winning voters over. Brigley says more than a quarter of those surveyed either didn’t answer or don’t know who they prefer.
“The number of residents that aren’t able to name a preference, it now sits at more than a third of residents,” she said. “Thirty-five per cent of the population aren’t really sure. They’re clearly not naming one leader as exuding confidence necessarily.”
When asked who would they vote for if a provincial election was held today, 34 per cent of respondents said the NDP – down from 38 per cent in November – and 35 per cent said the Liberals, an increase of seven per cent over the last quarter.
The survey results are based on a sample of 804 adult Nova Scotians, conducted from February 7 to March 3, 2011, with results accurate to within 3.4 percentage points.
