Support for the Governing Liberals Declines in May
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MQO Research spoke with 600 residents of Newfoundland and Labrador to gauge the political temperature in the province for the May edition of our quarterly political poll: Atlantic Matters.
Provincial Politics
According to the latest polling numbers, support for all three political parties was relatively unchanged in May. Among decided and leaning voters:
- Support for the Liberal Party held steady at 44%.
- PC Party support also held steady at 36%.
- NDP support exhibited no change at 16%.
- The undecided / no vote group increased 5 percentage points to 41%.
Government Performance
Ratings for the leadership of Premier Dwight Ball were unchanged this quarter with a score of 4.8 (on a 10-point scale).
Provincial Outlook
The economic outlook for the province held relatively steady in May. 49% of residents of Newfoundland and Labrador reported that their outlook on the economy had worsened over the past three months, 39% indicated their outlook had stayed the same, while 9 percent felt things had gotten better.
Federal Politics
Federally, support for the governing Liberals dropped significantly in May. Among decided and leaning voters:
- Liberal support fell 13 percentage points to 57%.
- Conservative support increased 8 percentage points to 29%.
- NDP support held relatively steady at 11%.
- Support for the Green Party exhibited little change at 1%.
- Ratings of government performance under Justin Trudeau also dropped significantly with a mean score of 5.2 (down from 6.1 in October 2017).
The Atlantic Matters poll was conducted by telephone from April 21st to May 13th, 2018 and included 600 randomly selected eligible voters from across the province. The margin of error for the total sample is ± 4.0 percentage points 19 times out of 20.
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