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An NDP majority in Alberta?
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An NDP majority in Alberta?
Yesterday was poll day in Alberta. First Return on Insight and Léger reported in the morning, then ThinkHQ surprised everyone with some new numbers. EKOS put their poll out in the early afternoon, and finally Ipsos Reid weighed in. Add this morning's Mainstreet poll, and we've seen six surveys in...
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Alberta NDP leads beyond a reasonable doubt
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Alberta NDP leads beyond a reasonable doubt
Political observers are starting to come around to the idea that the New Democrats might actually have a shot at winning, and that the 43-year-old Progressive Conservative dynasty might actually come to an end. But old habits die hard and everyone has been burned before, so you won't get much mor...
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Post-debate polls suggest Wildrose slipping, but what about the NDP?
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Post-debate polls suggest Wildrose slipping, but what about the NDP?
As debates go, the Alberta leaders debate last night seemed potentially consequential. Most debates tend to be dull affairs where each party leader lives up to their lowest expectations. But last night did not feel like that. What do the polls say?One poll done just after the debate concluded, by...
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Wildrose moves ahead in new poll
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Wildrose moves ahead in new poll
The latest poll out of Alberta, the only one in the last week, shows Brian Jean's Wildrose moving ahead in provincial voting intentions as the Liberals collapse. In the projection, the movement has tipped a lot of races against the governing Progressive Conservatives in dramatic fashion.The proje...
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Alberta projection updated with candidate slates
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Alberta projection updated with candidate slates
The Alberta projection has now been updated to take into account the number of candidates each party will have on the ballot on May 5.Only the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats managed to nominate candidates in all 87 ridings, while Wildrose had one candidate barred from running. The Li...
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Momentum with Notley's NDP in Alberta
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Momentum with Notley's NDP in Alberta
The numbers continue to amaze, as a new poll this morning puts Wildrose and the New Democrats neck-and-neck in Alberta's provincial election campaign. The governing Progressive Conservatives, gunning for their 13th consecutive electoral victory stretching back to the Nixon administration, have dr...
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Three-way race, but Prentice lagging rivals
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Three-way race, but Prentice lagging rivals
A new poll by Forum Research shows Wildrose, the New Democrats, and the Progressive Conservatives locked in an improbable three-way race in Alberta. But the approval ratings of the leaders shows that Jim Prentice is in trouble.The new projection reflects this three-way battle, with Wildrose narro...
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What is going on in Alberta?
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What is going on in Alberta?
You know things are strange when it seems even pollsters can hardly believe their own numbers. In Mainstreet's latest missive, we're told to prepare for some 'drastic swings' in the coming weeks. ThinkHQ cautions us that we 'need to be careful about reading too much into the early horserace numbe...
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Alberta PCs favoured as election kicks off
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Alberta PCs favoured as election kicks off
It couldn't be avoided indefinitely. The time has finally come for the polls, and ThreeHundredEight.com, to tackle a provincial election in Alberta once again.The new projection for the Alberta provincial election is now live, and you can see all the details (as always) by clicking on the chart a...
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Wildrose defections boost PCs in polls
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Wildrose defections boost PCs in polls
Few Albertans are pleased that the bulk of the Wildrose opposition in the provincial legislature upped sticks and moved over to the governing benches. Danielle Smith, in particular, appears to have lost a great deal of standing within the minds of Albertans, and the turmoil within Wildrose itself...
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The polls in Alberta as Wildrose implodes
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The polls in Alberta as Wildrose implodes
Some momentous and unprecedented events are taking place this week in the Alberta legislature, as the province's Official Opposition splits apart. We will only know the scope of the implosion later today, but the latest reports suggest that leader Danielle Smith and perhaps half of her caucus wil...
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Tight race in Alberta in new polls as by-elections loom
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Tight race in Alberta in new polls as by-elections loom
With four provincial by-elections just around the corner in Alberta, two new polls suggest the race could be tight both province-wide and within the two cities at play.We'll start with the poll from Lethbridge College, which reports on an annual basis. We last heard from the school in October 201...
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Alberta NDP in better shape as Mason resigns, but far from glory days
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Alberta NDP in better shape as Mason resigns, but far from glory days
There are now two leadership races taking place in the province of Alberta. While Jim Prentice's apparent intention to run for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party has made national headlines, Brian Mason's resignation yesterday as leader of the Alberta New Democrats was somewhat ...
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Steep drop in support for Redford and Alberta Tories
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Steep drop in support for Redford and Alberta Tories
New numbers from a Léger poll for the Calgary Herald and the Edmonton Journal show the Alberta Progressive Conservatives suffering a significant drop in support since the fall. But that is nothing compared to the fall in approval ratings experienced by Premier Alison Redford.Léger was l...
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Redford up as PCs close on Wildrose
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Redford up as PCs close on Wildrose
The Calgary Herald reported on the latest numbers from Léger Marketing for the provincial scene in Alberta over the weekend, showing that the governing Progressive Conservatives and the opposition Wildrose are nearly tied, as Premier Alison Redford's approval rating experiences a significant...
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