NDP Growing in Popularity in PEI
The NDP's popularity has increased dramatically in Prince Edward Island since the October 2011 election when it gained only 3.16% because it ran only 14 candidates for 27 seats. By November of 2011 it was polling 9%, while it reached 11% in February 2012 (http://www.electionalmanac.com/ea/prince-edward-island/).
In September it reached 18% in a CRA poll while it climbed to 22% in the latest CRA poll from November 8th to December 1 of 600 voters with a margin of error of 4%. The governing Liberals are at 45% popularity compared with 42% three months ago, while the Progressive Conservative Party have fallen to 28% from 32% three months ago. "Support for Mike Redmond of the NDP stands at 15 percent (compared with 11%), continuing a year long increase in support on this measure."
http://cra.ca/islanders-continue-to-be-dissatisfied-with-the-liberal-gov...
Hopefully Mike Redmond can continue to capitalise on public disatisfaction with the PC opposition. The Ghiz government must be held accountable.
A Corporate Research Associates poll released in January, shows a large significant drop in support for the federal Conservatives in PEI even with its large margin of error of 5.7 percentage points. While satisfaction with the Harper government fell from 53 per cent to 31 per cent from November 2011 to November 2012 in Atlantic Canada, the fall was especially bad on P.E.I where the Cons fell from 50% to 23%. While most of this support went to the Liberals who rose to 52% on PEI, the NDP were in a statisical tie with the Cons at 22% on PEI, something not seen before on the island. The poll "also shows a great deal of indecision amongst voters. Almost half of those polled, about the same as last year, said they were undecided about how they would vote."
"UPEI political scientist Peter McKenna believes there have been a number of federal government policies that have annoyed Island voters, starting with changes to Employment Insurance. Also, there was proposed changes with respect to the fishery," said McKenna. "I think there was concern here about that on the Island. And probably if there was a third issue, I probably would think it would be Maritime union, P.E.I. is most resistant to Maritime union." While not a policy of the government, the idea of Maritime union was recently moved forward by a group of Conservative senators, including Island Senator Mike Duffy (who has further endeared himself to Islanders since the poll with his $33,000 housing subsidy for his Ottawa home while rarely visiting his alleged primary home in PEI).
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/01/09/pei-...
The NDP are continuing to grow in popularity in PEI and have reached second place in the polls for the first time in history in a CRA poll from February 11 to March 2, 2013 of 300 PEI voters with a margin of error of ± 5.6%. The NDP have gained 4% to rise to 26% while the PCs have fallen a steep 12% down to 16%. The NDP leadership rating of Mike Redmond has risen from 15% to 18% while the PC leader has fallen all the way to 7% from 19% in November.
“This is maybe the start of a real, true three-party jurisdiction,” CRA chairman and CEO Don Mills said in an interview Wednesday. “(The NDP) certainly seem to be a credible force now in P.E.I. They’re certainly poised to elect someone with these numbers.”
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-03-06/article-3193718/NEW%3...
There is already a thread on this topic, jerrym.
Not that I'm complaining about the reason for the thread...but it's a repeated duplicate redundancy....again!
Megan Leslie was guest speaker at the NDP Prince Edward Island annual convention in Charlottetown.
Although she called the growth of PEI NDP " 'stunning', she said there is still lots of work if the party hopes to form a provincial government.
'It doesn't come easily, it doesn't just fall into your lap,' Leslie said. 'The only poll that matters is the poll on election day, but it is nice when you see those kind of numbers and, more importantly, they reflect what you're hearing on the ground.'
In the latest polls conducted by Corporate Research Associates, the NDP P.E.I. received 26 per cent of popular support, putting it in second place among the four main parties.
The key to keeping up momentum in the province is putting in work, said Leslie. 'We need to start getting out on the ground and organizing," she said. '(Party leader) Mike Redmond is doing a fantastic job with that. He's got an incredible presence at community events and is building an incredible team.' "
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-04-20/article-3224385/Only-...