NDP Make Gains in Manitoba But PCs Still Lead

29 March 2019 (Ottawa, ON) – The Progressive Conservatives led by Brian Pallister hold steady with their lead in popular support while the NDP have made some gains since January.

Those are the findings from Mainstreet Research’s latest UltraPoll, a conglomeration of ten provincial polls. The poll surveyed 810 Manitobans between March 21st to 24th. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.44% and is accurate 19 times out of 20.

“The NDP have built on their support and have narrowed the gap between themselves and the PCs,” said Quito Maggi, President and CEO of Mainstreet Research. “That said, support the Pallister PCs remains unchanged from January.”

Among decided and leaning voters, the PCs have 44.8% (+0.2% from January), while the NDP led by Wab Kinew come in with 32.1% support (+4.1%). The Liberals with Dougald Lamont at the helm currently enjoy 13.1% (-3.9%), and the Greens with James Beddome as leader have 6.7% (+2.1%).

The poll also asked Manitobans about their impressions of the party leaders. Continuining a trend that dates back to November of last year, no party leader enjoys a positive favourability rating.

That said, there have been some significant changes. Pallister’s net rating has improved to -15.1% (+2.4 %), while Kinew is now the best performing leader with a rating of -2.1% (+5.2%).

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