Infrastructure top priority for Manitoba voters: poll

Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016

No matter their political party of preference, voters put a high priority on roads, potholes and overall infrastructure.

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No matter their political party of preference, voters put a high priority on roads, potholes and overall infrastructure.

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No matter their political party of preference, voters put a high priority on roads, potholes and overall infrastructure.

A Winnipeg Free Press/CTV telephone poll of 1,000 Manitobans conducted by Probe Research from March 28 to April 4 found 35 per cent of NDP supporters, 34 per cent of Tory supporters, and 28 per cent of Liberal supporters believe this is the most important concern or issue facing the community today.

After that, the most important issues begin shifting depending on which party Manitobans plan to vote for.

NDP supporters believe the next three priorities are health care at 18 per cent, poverty and homelessness at 17 per cent and crime at 16 per cent.

Tory supporters also rank health care second at 18 per cent, but put crime next at 16 per cent, and taxes and tax reform in third at 13 per cent.

Liberal supporters put crime in second place at 20 per cent, followed by jobs and unemployment at 11 per cent, and health care, education and recreation all at 10 per cent.

For Winnipeg voters, 52 per cent of Tory supporters, 41 per cent of NDP voters, and 37 per cent of Liberal voters view roads, potholes and overall infrastructure as the main concern.

For Tory voters in Winnipeg, crime is the No. 2 concern at 26 per cent, followed by health care and taxes and tax reform at 16 per cent, and poverty homelessness at 13 per cent. NDP voters in Winnipeg put poverty and homelessness at 20 per cent, crime and health care at 18 per cent, and education at 17 per cent.

— Kevin Rollason

How community issues break down (Manitoba)

Tory voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (34%)

2. Health care (18%)

3. Crime/violence (16%)

Other: Public transit/bike lanes (2%); racism/cultural issues/inequality (2%); indigenous issues (2%); environmental issues (1%)

NDP voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (35%)

2. Heath care (18%)

3. Poverty/homelessness (17%)

Other: Economic growth/business development (2%); pornography/drugs/prostitution (2%); cost of living (1%); seniors’ issues (0%)

Liberal voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (28%)

2. Crime/violence (20%)

3. Jobs/unemployment (11%)

Other: Rural issues/small-town survival (2%); civic politics (2%); indigenous issues (2%); social services/public services (1%); seniors’ issues (1%)

How community issues break down (Winnipeg)

Tory voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (52%)

2. Crime/violence (26%)

3. Health care (16%); taxes/tax reform (16%)

Other: Rural issues/small-town survival (1%); economic growth/business development (1%); recreation/leisure (1%); environmental issues (0%)

NDP voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (41%)

2. Poverty/homelessness (20%)

3. Crime/violence (18%); health care (18%)

Other: Cost of living (1%); seniors’ issues (1%); economic growth/business development (0%)

Liberal voters

1. Infrastructure/roads (37%)

2. Crime/violence (23%)

3. Health care (12%); economy in general (12%)

Other: Social services/public services (1%); cost of living (0%); seniors’ issues (0%); pornography/drugs/prostitution (0%)

About the poll

THE provincewide telephone poll of 1,000 Manitoba adults was conducted by Probe Research for the Winnipeg Free Press and CTV from March 28 to April 4. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 95 per cent of the time.

Respondents were asked: “I would like you to tell me what you consider to be the most important issue or concern facing your community today.”