Saturday, October 01, 2011
Selinger Receives Highest Approval Ratings From Manitobans (2011 Manitoba Election Leaders Ratings)
Winnipeg – NDP leader Greg Selinger enters the final days of the 2011 provincial election campaign with the highest approval ratings of any party leader, a Probe Research telephone survey of 1,000 Manitobans for the Winnipeg Free Press reveals.
Although Mr. Selinger’s approval ratings remain well below those of his predecessor, Gary Doer, Manitobans have warmed up to the new NDP leader more than his two main rivals for the Premier’s chair – PC leader Hugh McFadyen or Liberal leader Jon Gerrard. Mr. Selinger’s popularity can also be credited to the support of two crucial voter factions in this campaign: women voters and post-secondary graduates.
This province-wide survey was designed and conducted by Probe Research Inc. via telephone interviews conducted between September 21st and September 28th, 2011 among a random and representative sampling of 1,000 Manitoba adults. With a sample of 1,000, one can say with 95 percent certainty that the results are within +/- 3.1 percentage points of what they would have been if the entire adult population of Manitoba had been interviewed. The margin-of-error is higher within each of the survey’s population subgroups. Modified random-digit dialing was used to ensure that all Manitoba adults would have an equal opportunity to participate in this Probe Research survey. Minor statistical weighting has been applied to this sample to ensure that the age and gender balance correspond with the province as a whole.
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Although Mr. Selinger’s approval ratings remain well below those of his predecessor, Gary Doer, Manitobans have warmed up to the new NDP leader more than his two main rivals for the Premier’s chair – PC leader Hugh McFadyen or Liberal leader Jon Gerrard. Mr. Selinger’s popularity can also be credited to the support of two crucial voter factions in this campaign: women voters and post-secondary graduates.
This province-wide survey was designed and conducted by Probe Research Inc. via telephone interviews conducted between September 21st and September 28th, 2011 among a random and representative sampling of 1,000 Manitoba adults. With a sample of 1,000, one can say with 95 percent certainty that the results are within +/- 3.1 percentage points of what they would have been if the entire adult population of Manitoba had been interviewed. The margin-of-error is higher within each of the survey’s population subgroups. Modified random-digit dialing was used to ensure that all Manitoba adults would have an equal opportunity to participate in this Probe Research survey. Minor statistical weighting has been applied to this sample to ensure that the age and gender balance correspond with the province as a whole.
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Labels: 2011 Manitoba Election, Greg Selinger, Hugh McFadyen, Jon Gerrard, Probe Research
