A new poll paints a grim picture for Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party
It should be a celebratory week for the United Conservative Party. MLAs are gathering in Sylvan Lake for a caucus retreat, and Premier Danielle Smith will soon reveal her cabinet and give a keynote speech at her party’s annual general meeting. But a surprising new poll shows negative first impressions of Ms. Smith, days into the job, and much higher support for the NDP’s Rachel Notley.Communications firm Navigator Ltd. surveyed Albertans in the days after Ms. Smith’s Oct.
The poll also zeroes in on “defectors” – about 14 per cent of Albertans who voted for the UCP in the 2019 election but say they won’t now. Some will go to the NDP, some are undecided and some won’t vote. But they are mainly baby boomers – those age 55-74 – and Calgarians. This group says they view Ms. Smith negatively either because of her proposed sovereignty act, or her floor-crossing from the Wildrose to the Progressive Conservative party eight years ago.
This was also before the Premier made a statement clarifying her comments on the most discriminated group in her lifetime being the unvaccinated, and apologizing late Tuesday for “some ill-informed comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. My knowledge and opinion of this matter have drastically evolved since that time, and I apologize for those previous comments.”
Ms. Smith is also building bridges where there were none. She made a point of meeting with every single UCP MLA last week. Unlike Mr. Kenney, who was viewed as aloof, Ms. Smith is creating cohesion in caucus. That hasn’t been lost on UCP MLAs who also anxiously wait to see whether they will have a spot in cabinet.
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