Mainstreet - Calgary April 2017
Mainstreet - Calgary April 2017
Mainstreet - Calgary April 2017
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In Ottawa: Quito Maggi, President
[email protected]
April 27, 2017 (Ottawa, ON) A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll nds Naheed Nenshis approval rating down
4 percentage points with his disapproval rising by 5 percentage points. The Mainstreet/Postmedia poll has
a margin of error of +/- 3.44 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
The Mayors approval rating continues to drop said Quito Maggi, President of Mainstreet Research. He
started at 65% approval this year in January and is now down to 52% approval. Thats a drop of 13% over 4
months. It remains to be seen if this is the oor, or if his numbers could go down even further in the future.
Of course, its also possible we could see his numbers rebound in the months to come as well.
With a largely unknown eld of candidates running against Nenshi, I dont think he is in trouble just yet.
52% is over half of the city. Weve seen Mayors in other municipalities have negative approval ratings, as
long as Nenshi is able to hold onto a net approval rating he should be ne with his re-election campaign.
Detractors of the mayor, after all, will have several candidates to spread their votes on.
That being said, we dont yet know what eect the election campaign will have on the Mayors approvals
and favourability scores. Its possible his opponents may run negative campaigns, and that even if he
ultimately wins, he does so amidst lower ratings.
Taking on incumbents and winning is not impossible but it is dicult. Campaigns need money, strategy
and volunteers - a little luck doesnt hurt either. No one should underestimate the mayor who has proven
that he is an eective campaigner and savvy with social media. The mayoral campaign is not in full swing
just yet, but we will be watching closely to see what happens next, nished Maggi.
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