Winnipeg – Even in the absence of a new leader (or very many candidates vying to replace the outgoing party boss) and without a chance of forming government for another three-and-a-half years, Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party has managed to leapfrog the governing New Democratic Party and become the top choice of decided Manitoba voters. This is according to a Probe Research telephone survey of 1,000 Manitoba adults conducted exclusively for the Winnipeg Free Press.

Six months after the NDP won a fourth majority government, the PCs have edged slightly higher in popular support, from 43 percent in the 2011 election to 45 percent today (+2%). Support for the NDP, meanwhile, has dropped significantly – from 47 percent when ballots were cast last October to just 40 percent in this current sounding (-7%). Support for the Liberal Party (+2%, from 8% to 10%) and other parties (5%, up from 3%) has remained essentially stable since last fall’s provincial election. Overall, one-in-four voters (25%) are undecided or refuse to say which party they would support in a hypothetical election.

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