Monday, October 25, 2010
Provincial Politics in Brandon - NDP, PCs Make Brandon Their Battlefield
Brandon – Both seats in the City of Brandon could be battlegrounds in the upcoming provincial election, as the provincial New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservative Party are locked in a tight two-way race in support among Brandon residents, a Probe Research Inc. survey conducted for the Brandon Sun reveals.
Probe’s survey of 401 Brandon adults shows the NDP and PCs are statistically tied, with 40 percent of Brandon citizens indicating they would cast ballots for Premier Greg Selinger’s NDP in a hypothetical provincial election and the Hugh McFadyen-led Progressive Conservatives currently on 37 percent support from residents of the Wheat City. Jon Gerrard’s Manitoba Liberal Party, sits well back at 16 percent support, with six percent of voters indicating they would support a candidate from parties not currently represented in the Legislature.
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Probe’s survey of 401 Brandon adults shows the NDP and PCs are statistically tied, with 40 percent of Brandon citizens indicating they would cast ballots for Premier Greg Selinger’s NDP in a hypothetical provincial election and the Hugh McFadyen-led Progressive Conservatives currently on 37 percent support from residents of the Wheat City. Jon Gerrard’s Manitoba Liberal Party, sits well back at 16 percent support, with six percent of voters indicating they would support a candidate from parties not currently represented in the Legislature.
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Labels: Brandon politics, Manitoba Liberal Party, NDP, Probe Research, Progressive Conservative Party
