Bowman Would be Re-elected

November 7, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll conducted for the Winnipeg Sun finds 55% of Winnipegers approve of Brian Bowman – and facing a divided field he would be easily re-elected. The Mainstreet/Postmedia Poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.7%, 19 times out of 20.

“Halfway through his term Mayor Bowman would receive a significant amount of support from voters” said Quito Maggi, President of Mainstreet Research. “When we tested a hypothetical field of challengers none off them got close – though it’s tough to say what would happen if there were a narrower field. Regardless, with 44% of decided voters supporting him if an election were held today, Mayor Bowman would almost certainly be re-elected.”

“Among the challengers who perform the best are Kevin Chief (20%) and Teresa Oswald (16%) followed by Councillor Russ Wyatt (13%).”

“We also asked Winnipegers about the current conflict at the University of Manitoba. Almost 4 in 10 Winnipegers (37%) take the side of the faculty in the current labour conflict

“Andrea Horwath continues to lead approval measures, now at 59% approval, including 26% strongly, and just 30% disapproval with 17% strongly disapproving. As Kathleen Wynne’s fortunes fall, left and centre left voters across Ontario are turning to Horwath. Her high approvals have now started to register on the voter intentions as the NDP now has the support of 27% among decided and leaning voters across Ontario compared to 25% for the Wynne led Liberals. ”

About Mainstreet Research
Mainstreet is a national public research firm. With years of political experience at all three levels of government, President and CEO Quito Maggi is a respected commentator on Canadian public affairs.

Differentiated by its large sample sizes, Mainstreet Research has provided accurate snapshots of public opinion, having predicted a majority NDP government in Alberta, a majority Liberal government in British Columbia and a majority Liberal government in Ontario. Mainstreet has been the most accurate polling firm in several by elections and the most recent Toronto mayoral election. Most recently, Mainstreet was the only polling firm to correctly predict a Liberal majority government in the 2015 federal election.

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