'Both parties have issues that they can use to their advantage in this campaign,' said Kyle Braid, senior vice-president of public affairs at Ipsos.
Results from a recent Global/Ipsos poll that asked 1,200 Albertans for their opinions, both online and over the phone, showed that 54 per cent of respondents consider cost of living/affordability/inflation to be one of their top three election issues.The next highest issue selected was economy/jobs, at 25 per cent.
For the two-most selected issues — cost of living and health care — the number of people who appear to consider those to be pivotal election issues appears to be fairly consistent across the province, according to the poll’s results which were released Thursday.Cost of living was selected as one of the three most important campaign issues by 52 per cent of respondents from Calgary, 54 per cent of respondents from Edmonton and 55 per cent of respondents from the rest of Alberta.
Political analyst Jason Ribeiro told Global News he believes the results of the poll could be used strategically by both the UCP and the NDP.“You know that the NDP or left-leaning parties have always been stronger in terms of their rhetoric and positioning around social services, health care, child care — and you always see conservative parties leaning into economic, affordability, kitchen table issues like cost of living.
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