Tories hold 9-point lead over NDP, poll shows

Tories hold 9-point lead over NDP, poll shows

By WINNIPEG SUN
New polling numbers released Tuesday show the provincial Tories still hold a decided advantage over the ruling NDP.

The international polling firm Angus Reid reported Tuesday the Opposition Tories have a nine-point lead over the NDP. That’s down from the 15-point lead Hugh McFadyen’s Conservatives had when Angus Reid last did polling on the subject in September.

The latest poll, conducted during the second week of November, saw support for the Tories at 46%, down three points from the fall. NDP support in Manitoba is at 37% — the same level it was at in Angus Reid’s February 2010 poll.

NDP support dipped to 36% in June and 34% in September, according to previous polls conducted by the same firm.

The Liberals were at 13%, up from 12% in September, while Green Party support remained unchanged at 4%.

Something that may cause concern for New Democrats, however, is the apparently growing feeling in Manitoba it’s time for a change in government.

Angus Reid reports 54% of those surveyed now feel “a different provincial party should be elected into power.”

That number has climbed steadily from 42% last November and throughout 2010.