As the corruption and scandals keep growing, so does your support for the very source of the circus.
They say the people get exactly the government they deserve.
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Love to see it! The UCP would win more seats in this poll than in the 2019 election! Nenshi doesn’t deserve to be premier and never will be! Keep up the great work Madame Premier
AngryOcelot on
What Albertans don’t realize is that by electing the same government over and over again you lose all power. The government no longer serves the citizens but whatever enriches them personally.
Alberta’s healthcare system is about to implode. We get what we voted for.
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The ANDP completely wasted its opportunity to introduce STV in the province which would give them and others a fair shot, but nope. They (or the leadership) believed that they naïvely believed that they could beat decades of con rule.
Godzilla52 on
I’m honestly surprised that neither the NDP or Progressive Tories have seen a big polling upswing at minimum due to Smith’s blatant incompetence and mismanagement. Living in Calgary, The UCP isn’t exactly popular here so I’d think that there’d be plenty of room for opposition parties to take advantage of it, but they just seem to be floundering.
Sufficient_Fact_3194 on
Reap what you sow. It’s hilarious because the majority of the province feels like the province is going in the wrong direction yet they voted in the last UCP government as well so.
If that’s not telling on yourself I don’t know what is
GirlCoveredInBlood on
Nenshi what are you doing man. All we hear about you is attacking the UCP and the federal NDP, why not put forth some popular policies for people to rally around
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> However, Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi’s approval rating has decreased by eight percentage points since October, now sitting at 35 per cent approval rating.
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> On March 29, Avi Lewis won the federal NDP leadership race, and Nenshi quickly moved to distance himself and the Alberta NDP from their federal counterparts in a social media post.
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> When respondents were asked how Lewis’ status as federal NDP leader impacted support for the provincial NDP, 36 per cent said they were less likely to vote for the Alberta NDP, nine per cent said they were more likely and 41 per cent said it did not impact their voting intention.
35% is an alarming approval rating for a leader who has never been tarnished by time in Provincial government, and whose pitch was essentially that his popularity in Calgary would bring the ANDP over the hump in the suburban ridings the party believes it need to secure.
A plurality if not majority of Alberta NDP members who voted in the federal leadership race very likely voted Lewis. Immediately antagonizing this bloc almost certainly lost more support than any positive effect it may have had in gaining ground among the elusive moderates Nenshi is chasing after.
If anything, a spat between its federal and provincial branches only makes the NDP look bush league and unready for power, while guaranteeing more headlines about the “anti-oil NDP” than extending an olive branch with a simple congratulations and expressions of readiness to “work together to fight for Alberta workers” would have.
I_Like_Pots on
This article overcooks the math so hard, it serves steak like show leather. The UCP are up by double-digit support with only 1/3rd of the population outside the cities. Within the majority comprising Calgary and Edmonton, the UCP hold a lead of %6-7 ahead of the NDP. The UCP benefit from having a base outside the population centres, but they lose the legislature if they lose both cities. I’d be interested to see what the leader’s approval would be if you isolated the major cities and cut out the rural noise. Since that’s where the election gets decided.
Cowtown12 on
You can blame the electorate all you want but this is the ANDPs fault. Nenshi for whatever reason is breaking through and their message isn’t hitting.
I personally think it’s because Nenshi has been doing attack ads on Smith, vs telling Alberta what ANDP with do. Notley did the same thing and lost. You need to spread your message of hope vs going after smith. It seems like stuff bounces off of her similar to trump.
Honestly I don’t the ANDP have an easy road ahead. Let’s be honest Lewis is going to drag them down. The biggest factor is going to be our province’s financial windfall with the Iran war. The financial picture is going to be much better that previous estimates.
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Way to go, Alberta!
As the corruption and scandals keep growing, so does your support for the very source of the circus.
They say the people get exactly the government they deserve.
Love to see it! The UCP would win more seats in this poll than in the 2019 election! Nenshi doesn’t deserve to be premier and never will be! Keep up the great work Madame Premier
What Albertans don’t realize is that by electing the same government over and over again you lose all power. The government no longer serves the citizens but whatever enriches them personally.
Alberta’s healthcare system is about to implode. We get what we voted for.
The ANDP completely wasted its opportunity to introduce STV in the province which would give them and others a fair shot, but nope. They (or the leadership) believed that they naïvely believed that they could beat decades of con rule.
I’m honestly surprised that neither the NDP or Progressive Tories have seen a big polling upswing at minimum due to Smith’s blatant incompetence and mismanagement. Living in Calgary, The UCP isn’t exactly popular here so I’d think that there’d be plenty of room for opposition parties to take advantage of it, but they just seem to be floundering.
Reap what you sow. It’s hilarious because the majority of the province feels like the province is going in the wrong direction yet they voted in the last UCP government as well so.
If that’s not telling on yourself I don’t know what is
Nenshi what are you doing man. All we hear about you is attacking the UCP and the federal NDP, why not put forth some popular policies for people to rally around
> However, Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi’s approval rating has decreased by eight percentage points since October, now sitting at 35 per cent approval rating.
Article content
> On March 29, Avi Lewis won the federal NDP leadership race, and Nenshi quickly moved to distance himself and the Alberta NDP from their federal counterparts in a social media post.
Article content
> When respondents were asked how Lewis’ status as federal NDP leader impacted support for the provincial NDP, 36 per cent said they were less likely to vote for the Alberta NDP, nine per cent said they were more likely and 41 per cent said it did not impact their voting intention.
35% is an alarming approval rating for a leader who has never been tarnished by time in Provincial government, and whose pitch was essentially that his popularity in Calgary would bring the ANDP over the hump in the suburban ridings the party believes it need to secure.
A plurality if not majority of Alberta NDP members who voted in the federal leadership race very likely voted Lewis. Immediately antagonizing this bloc almost certainly lost more support than any positive effect it may have had in gaining ground among the elusive moderates Nenshi is chasing after.
If anything, a spat between its federal and provincial branches only makes the NDP look bush league and unready for power, while guaranteeing more headlines about the “anti-oil NDP” than extending an olive branch with a simple congratulations and expressions of readiness to “work together to fight for Alberta workers” would have.
This article overcooks the math so hard, it serves steak like show leather. The UCP are up by double-digit support with only 1/3rd of the population outside the cities. Within the majority comprising Calgary and Edmonton, the UCP hold a lead of %6-7 ahead of the NDP. The UCP benefit from having a base outside the population centres, but they lose the legislature if they lose both cities. I’d be interested to see what the leader’s approval would be if you isolated the major cities and cut out the rural noise. Since that’s where the election gets decided.
You can blame the electorate all you want but this is the ANDPs fault. Nenshi for whatever reason is breaking through and their message isn’t hitting.
I personally think it’s because Nenshi has been doing attack ads on Smith, vs telling Alberta what ANDP with do. Notley did the same thing and lost. You need to spread your message of hope vs going after smith. It seems like stuff bounces off of her similar to trump.
Honestly I don’t the ANDP have an easy road ahead. Let’s be honest Lewis is going to drag them down. The biggest factor is going to be our province’s financial windfall with the Iran war. The financial picture is going to be much better that previous estimates.