{"id":4986,"date":"2013-04-08T17:12:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T21:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2013-04-09T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T19:48:00","slug":"provincial-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alison<\/a>
Alison Redford’s approval ratings have fallen to “Stelmachian” levels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Angus Reid has released their quarterly Premier approval ratings<\/a>. As per usual, Brad Wall<\/strong> is more popular than God<\/a>, and everyone else is a little more human:<\/p>\n

Wall <\/strong>(SK): 64% approve, 28% disapprove
\nAlward <\/strong>(NB): 41% approve, 50% disapprove
\nSelinger <\/strong>(MB): 38% approve, 49% disapprove
\nWynne <\/strong>(ON): 36% approve, 37% disapprove
\nMarois <\/strong>(QC): 33% approve, 62% disapprove
\nDexter <\/strong>(NS): 30% approve, 62% disapprove
\nRedford <\/strong>(AB): 29% approve, 66% disapprove
\nClark <\/strong>(BC): 25% approve, 67% disapprove
\nDunderdale <\/strong>(NL): 25% approve, 73% disapprove<\/p>\n

While Wall’s number sticks out, there are a few other interesting tid-bits from this poll:<\/p>\n

1. Obviously enough, these numbers spell bad news for Darrell Dexter<\/strong> and Christy Clark<\/strong>, who are both heading into elections considerably less popular than the opposition leaders trying to defeat them. Still, it’s worth recalling that this same poll found just 19% of Ontarians approving of McGuinty<\/a> a mere 10 weeks before re-electing him in 2011. Sometimes you can win without being loved.<\/p>\n

2. The danger may be less imminent in Newfoundland and Alberta, but the Tory dynasties in both provinces must be feeling a bit like the New York Yankees this season – it’s far too early to count them out, but you have to wonder if this is the begining of the end. <\/p>\n

Redford’s <\/strong>numbers are right around where Ed Stelmach’s were when the Tory establishment mounted a putsch 2 years ago. Like Stelmach, Redford won with little caucus or establishment support, and has struggled to keep up with the Wildrose fundraising machine.<\/p>\n

I don’t think the Tories will or should <\/em>force her out, but when your approval rating is below Raj Sherman’s, you need to at least watch your back.<\/p>\n

3. A lot of Ontarians still haven’t made up their minds about Kathleen Wynne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4. The most surprising finding, at least for me, was that the Premier of New Brunswick is named David Alward<\/strong>. Who knew?
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Angus Reid has released their quarterly Premier approval ratings. As per usual, Brad Wall is more popular than God, and everyone else is a little more human: Wall (SK): 64% approve, 28% disapprove Alward (NB): 41% approve, 50% disapprove Selinger (MB): 38% approve, 49% disapprove Wynne (ON): 36% approve, 37% disapprove Marois (QC): 33% approve, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,824,1184,1187,1185,55],"tags":[981,982,980,1352,1350,1351,1275,1353,1228,1056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/5014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}