Alberta Political Scene: Federal Party Leader Approval Ratings February 15, 2001

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Clark (60%) Receives Highest Approval Rating of the Major Federal Party Leaders

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McDonough (49%), Day (45%), and Chretien (44%) Trail with Less Than Majority Approval

Calgary, Alberta - In an Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll released today, federal PC Leader Joe Clark leads the other federal party leaders tested in approval among Albertans, and is the only leader to receive majority approval among residents of his home province. Up 28 points since August, six-in-ten (60%) Albertans approve of Joe Clark's performance as Leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party - 15 percent strongly so. A third (35%) disapprove, with 18 percent strongly disapproving.

  • Albertans in Central Alberta (69%) are more likely than those in Edmonton (53%) to approve of Clark's performance.

Up 7 points since August, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough receives just under majority (49%) approval from Albertans, with just 7 percent strongly approving. Similar to Clark, a third (36%) disapprove and 14 percent strongly disapprove.

Down 21 points since August, the Leader of the Official Opposition Canadian Alliance, Stockwell Day, receives a similar approval (45%) rating as the Prime Minister (44%) from his fellow Albertans, with 14 percent strongly approving of his performance. A majority (52%) express disapproval with Day, with a notable three-in-ten (30%) strongly disapproving.

  • Men (53%) are much more likely than women (38%) to approve of Day's performance.

Prime Minister Jean Chretien's approval rating (44% approve, 54% disapprove) among Albertans remains unchanged since August. One-in-ten (12%) strongly approve, whereas 38% strongly disapprove.

  • Women (50%) are much more likely than men (38%) to approve of Chretien's performance.

These are the findings of an Ipsos-Reid/Globe and Mail/CTV poll conducted between February 9th and February 11th, 2001. The poll is based on a randomly selected sample of 750 adult Albertans. The results are accurate to within 177 3.6 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire Alberta population been surveyed. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. The data were statistically weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Alberta population according to the 1996 Census data.

For more information on this news release, please contact:

Marc Henry
Vice-President
Ipsos-Reid
(403) 237-0066
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