UCP Honeymoon Comes to an End in Alberta: Driven by heightened concerns about jobs, the economy and belt-tightening
December 16, 2019 (Calgary) After a contentious fall session of the legislature, Albertans’ honeymoon with the governing United Conservative Party is over according to a new ThinkHQ Public Affairs, Inc. survey. The poll shows a considerable slide in public approval for the UCP government over the past two months, propelled by growing concerns about jobs, […]
Albertans’ Views on Separation
(Calgary) Resentment toward the federal government – particularly the current one – runs deep in Alberta, but it does not translate into any serious threat of the province separating from Canada according to a recent ThinkHQ public opinion survey. While less than one-quarter of Albertans would actually vote to secede from Canada today, a sizable […]
Alberta Votes 2019 – The Provincial Political Horserace
As the Alberta provincial election enters its final week, province-wide vote intentions have narrowed nominally, but mask regional variations in party support which would lead to a decisive outcome according to a new ThinkHQ survey. With advance polls opening today, fully 13% of Alberta voters are undecided and many are still mulling their final decision despite […]
Alberta Votes 2019 – Voters Review Provincial Party Leaders
The sour tone of Alberta’s 2019 provincial campaign is clearly reflected in voter evaluations of party leaders as the election enters its final week; in varying degrees, ALLof the provincial party leaders receive negative ratings from the electorate according to a new ThinkHQ survey. Rachel Notley The NDP’s election script has heavily emphasized […]
Alberta’s Provincial Campaign Begins – UCP Lead Holding
As the provincial election writ drops, it is a two-horse race with the UCP holding a significant lead over the governing NDP according to a new ThinkHQ Public Affairs survey. Province-wide the Conservatives capture 49% of the decided vote, with the NDP trailing at 38%, and the Alberta Party (8%) and Liberals (3%) well back. […]
Alberta’s Political Landscape – Is Notley the NDP’s “Secret Weapon”?
The lead up to the provincial campaign has the NDP government trying to draw a stark contrast in leadership between themselves and the UCP. The underlying premise of this strategy says that Notley is a popular Premier; Kenney is an unpopular Opposition Leader, and; it is better to have voters concentrating on “who will be […]
Alberta’s Political Landscape: Notley’s NDP Facing Tough Road to Re-Election, and Voters Unenthusiastic/Divided about Provincial Leaders
With a provincial election now only a few months away, the governing NDP have a very difficult path to re-election according to a recent ThinkHQ poll. They continue to hold a significant lead over the UCP in Edmonton (although the race is tightening in the Capitol-region’s suburbs), but trail badly in small urban centres and […]
Albertans’ Views on Stephen Mandel’s Alberta Party
ThinkHQ/Metro News Poll If the intent of Greg Clark’s resignation and subsequent Alberta Party leadership race was to capture the imagination of Albertans and drive party growth prior to the next provincial election, the strategy is having limited success in terms of public perception. A recent ThinkHQ/Metro News poll find that freshly-minted Alberta […]
Alberta’s Political Landscape – Is “Fortress Edmonton” Crumbling on the NDP?
ThinkHQ/Metro News Poll For many political observers, the fact that the provincial NDP are now trailing province-wide in voter intentions may not come as a surprise – the economy remains stubbornly sluggish and the UCP has coalesced right-of-centre voters under one party banner. However, our November ThinkHQ/Metro Provincial Politics survey reveals deeper problems for the […]
The UCP Leadership and Alberta’s Changing Political Landscape
ThinkHQ/Metro News Poll A recent poll by ThinkHQ/Metro News Poll finds there are four candidates for UCP leadership, but at this point is really only a two horse race between Brian Jean and Jason Kenney. Methodology Caveat: UCP leader selection will take place through a vote of the membership. There is no way of […]
