Brandon – Housing is the main issue on the minds of Brandon residents now considering who to vote for in the upcoming civic election, according to a Probe Research survey conducted exclusively for the Brandon Sun.

As candidates for mayor and city council were campaigning for their votes, Probe asked Brandon residents to identify which issues they consider to be the most important for civic decision-makers to address.

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Labels: 2010 municipal election, Brandon issues, Brandon politics, Probe Research

Winnipeg – Residents of Winnipeg want their next city council use municipal tax dollars to lure corporate head offices to Manitoba and stimulate local manufacturing, while “bricks-and-mortar” investments such as refurbishing downtown buildings and expanding the Winnipeg Convention Centre fall further down citizens’ list of priorities.

A Jory Capital-Probe Research Inc. survey of 600 Winnipeg adults conducted exclusively for the Winnipeg Free Press reveals that one-half of the city’s adult citizens believes investing tax dollars to encourage companies to relocate their head offices to Manitoba’s capital city should be a “top” or “high” priority for the next council (50%, including 14% who say this is a “top priority” for the next council).

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Labels: 2010 municipal election, City of Winnipeg, Jory Capital, Probe Research, Winnipeg issues

Winnipeg – Winnipeg voters could be in for one of the tightest races for the mayor’s chair in the city’s history as incumbent mayor Sam Katz and challenger Judy Wasylycia-Leis enter October statistically tied in support, a new Probe Research Inc. survey conducted exclusively for the Winnipeg Free Press reveals...

Probe Research asked 439 Winnipeg residents who said that they intend to vote in this fall’s mayoral election to specify which candidate they will support on October 27th. One-half (50%) of these intended voters reported that they would cast their ballots for former NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis, while almost as many (47%) reported that they intended to vote for incumbent mayor Sam Katz. Lower profile candidates Brad Gross (2%) and Rav Gill (1%) trailed far behind.

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Labels: 2010 municipal election, Brad Gross, City of Winnipeg, Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Probe Research, Rav Gill, Sam Katz