WINNIPEG — Mayor Brain Bowman’s approval rating is down leading into the new year, according to a new poll.
The Mainstreet Research and Postmedia survey found Bowman’s approval ratings fell by 10 percentage points since June.
That brings his approval rating to 53 per cent.
“Overall, every Canadian mayor we polled has a net positive approval rating – though some mayors are faring radically better than others” Quito Maggi, president of Mainstreet Research said.
“Mayor Bowman enjoys an approval rating of 53 per cent, but this is down from 63 per cent from when the last time we polled for Mayor Bowman’s approval rating eight months ago.”
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Winnipeggers are slightly more positive about Bowman than they are city council, according to the poll. Compared to Bowman’s approval rating of 53 per cent, 50 per cent of those surveyed said they approved the performance of Winnipeg city council.
Compared to other mayors in major cities, Bowman ranks eighth on the list.
Ottawa’s mayor, Jim Watson was first on the list with an approval rating of 79 per cent.
The lowest mayoral approval was Mayor Matt Brown of London, Ont.
The Mainstreet Research poll is based on a phone survey conducted from Jan. 3 to Jan. 4, 2017, among a representative sample of 6,103 Canadian adults. The survey has a margin of error of within the Winnipeg sample of +/3 .98 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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