REGINA — A new Canada-wide Angus Reid poll is out and it provides decidedly mixed results for Premier Scott Moe.
On the one hand the Sask Party would still win if an election were held today. According to the sample of 296 decided and leaning voters from Saskatchewan, the Sask Party had 54 per cent to 41 for the NDP, one for the Green Party and six for other parties. These are remarkably similar numbers to the actual popular vote in the 2024 election that produced 34 Sask Party MLAs to 27 NDP.
Premier Moe also has a favourable approval rating of 50 per cent to 46 per cent disapproval. By contrast NDP leader Carla Beck has only 35 per cent approval and 50 per cent disapproval, with 15 per cent not sure.
Moe’s score of 50 per cent puts him right in the middle, ahead of Alberta’s Danielle Smith at 46, BC’s David Eby and Ontario’s Doug Ford at 41, and Quebec’s Francois Legault at the bottom at 22 per cent. Manitoba’s Wab Kinew was on top at 61 per cent.
When it comes to the Angus Reid Institute’s Government Performance Index, Moe’s government scores 32, behind only Alberta. However Angus Reid also points out this is the lowest score for the province since they began this tracking in 2021.
As for whether the province is on the right or wrong track, the 340 respondents from Saskatchewan split 42 per cent each way. Most other provinces saw respondents say the province is on the wrong track, with only Manitoba and Nova Scotia saying they were on the right track.
As for the top issues in Saskatchewan, 60 per cent reported cost of living or inflation, and 59 per cent health care.
Crime and public safety was next at 23, economy and jobs 21, the deficit and government spending 20, housing affordability 17, education 16, poverty 14, drug use and addictions 13, and the tariff issue 12.
But on four of the top five issues respondents said the Sask Party was doing a poor job. That was the answer from 69 per cent of respondents on cost of living and inflation, 72 per cent on health care, 67 per cent on street crime and public safety and 54 per cent on the deficit.
Only on the economy did more people say the government was doing a good job, at 50 per cent compared to 44 per cent.
