WINNIPEG – From announcing new schools to promising to fix crumbling roads, Premier Greg Selinger has spent the past few months trying to sell Manitobans on the PST increase and all the projects it will help fund.
But a recent poll shows those promises appear to have done little to boost support for the NDP.
“If an election was held tomorrow we’d be looking at a new government, at a real seat change.” said Curtis Brown, a senior research associate with Probe Research.
A Probe Research survey done for the Winnipeg Free Press found only 26 per cent of Manitobans would vote for the NDP. That is down three per cent from September.
The Progressive Conservatives would net 48 per cent of the vote. That is up five per cent.
Support for the Liberals is unchanged at 20 per cent.
“There is a strong base of NDP support in Manitoba but we are really seeing that chipped away at,” said Brown.
The poll also found the PC Party is gaining ground in traditional battlegrounds in Winnipeg and among women.
“I wasn’t shocked by them but the numbers were maybe a little stronger than I thought they would be,” said Ian Wishart, the Conservative MLA for Portage la Prairie. “It’s not election day and we have to remember that and continue to work hard.”
Global News requested to speak with Selinger about the poll results. The request was not returned.
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