New poll shows Houston’s PCs maintaining big lead over NDP and Liberals

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand

According to new data released by MQO research this morning, Tim Houston’s PC party continues to hold a significant lead in support.

According to the new data, 51 percent of decided voters polled for the survey say they will vote for the PCs on Tuesday. 24 percent indicated that they would vote for the NDP, and 22 percent said they would support the Liberal party.

The telephone survey consisted of 500 voters and was conducted immediately after the CBC TV debate on November 14th and continued until November 20th.

As for choice for Premier, 56 percent of respondents said they would like to see Tim Houston in the top job, an increase of 5 percent from an earlier MQO poll. Second place went to Claudia Chender, who remained steady at 23 percent, and third was Zach Churchill, at 18 percent, a drop of 4 points.

Nova Scotians will pick a new government on November 26th.