CRA Atlantic Quarterly® – Winter 2010 Nova Scotia Political Results Sample: 807 Nova Scotians (18 years plus) Interview Dates: February 9 to February 24, 2010 Margin of Sampling Error: ±3.4 percentage points (95% confidence level) If a provincial election were held today in Nova Scotia, for which party would you vote? Note: May 2009 results include decided and leaning voters
Party NDP Liberal Party PC Party Green Party Other TOTAL DECIDED VOTE Undecided/Don’t know/No answer/ Do not plan to vote/Refused
February 2009
May 2009
August 2009
November 2009
February 2010
36% 31% 30% 3% 0% 100%
41% 29% 27% 2% 0% 99%
60% 18% 16% 6% 0% 100%
53% 22% 21% 4% 0% 100%
46% 26% 22% 5% 0% 99%
37%
31%
34%
34%
40%
How satisfied are you with the overall performance of the provincial government… led by Premier Rodney MacDonald?
Completely satisfied Mostly satisfied Mostly dissatisfied Completely dissatisfied Too soon to tell Don’t know/No answer/Neither
led by Premier Darrell Dexter?
February 2009
May 2009
August 2009
November 2009
February 2010
3% 51% 27% 11% 0% 7%
4% 39% 30% 18% 0% 10%
8% 53% 8% 2% 17% 12%
5% 58% 15% 4% 7% 9%
3% 46% 28% 13% 0% 10%
Which one of the following individuals would you most prefer as the next Premier of Nova Scotia? Leader Darrell Dexter of the NDP Stephen McNeil of the Liberal Party Rodney MacDonald/ Next leader of the PC Party Ryan Watson/John Percy of the Green Party None Don’t know/No answer
February 2009
May 2009
August 2009
November 2009
February 2010
28%
32%
50%
44%
35%
22%
22%
12%
21%
26%
27%
20%
10%
12%
11%
3%
2%
3%
4%
2%
6% 14%
4% 20%
6% 19%
4% 15%
9% 17%