Polls
1 AUGUST 2018 (OTTAWA, ON) – The governing Saskatchewan Party have a seventeen point lead over the opposition NDP powered by overwhelming support in rural Saskatchewan.
Those are the findings from Mainstreet Research’s latest UltraPoll, a conglomeration of ten provincial polls. The poll surveyed 776 Saskatchewan residents between July 15th to 17th. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.52% and is accurate 19 times out of 20.
“Saskatchewan right now faces a strong rural-urban divide along political lines”, said Joseph Angolano, Vice President of Mainstreet Research. “The Sask Party do have over 50% support and appear to have a commanding lead over the NDP, but that support is being powered by and large by their 37% lead in rural Saskatchewan.”
“It is a different story when we look at Saskatoon and Regina”, continued Angolano. “The NDP have a six-point lead in Ryan Meili’s hometown of Saskatoon and the NDP and the Sask Party are virtually tied in Regina.”
Among decided and leaning voters, the Sask Party have 52.1% support, while the NDP with Ryan Meili as leader have 35.1%. The Liberals with Tara Jijian at the helm have 5.6% while the Greens led by Shawn Setyo come in with 4%.
The survey also asked Saskatchewan residents if they had a favourable view of all four party leaders.
“Premier Moe has a very strong net rating of +23.3% indicating that the Sask Party are not suffering any ill effects after the retirement of Brad Wall”, continued Angolano. “On the other hand, Ryan Meili has a net favourability rating of -6.7%, but these numbers must be viewed in the context that over half of the respondents said they were not familiar with Meili or were not sure.”
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