Did anyone see that Metro poll last week? Don't know the background of the poll and it's results don't really mean much for the election but it was interesting none the less.
They called up about 200 Calgarians and asked them who they would vote for based on the list of all candidates at the time. McIver took well over 60% of the poll, Hawkesworth came in second. Obviously it was a small sample and highlighted name recognition as significant factors at this stage. Of note, Nenshi was dead last (compare that to the CP site poll).
With Higgins now in the race, I guarantee you that she takes over the lead from McIver based soley on name recognition. She's far more attractive to the fairweather voter then McIver is.
Nenshi has a lot of ground to cover in traditional media still if he has any shot of even getting into the average Calgarians mind. I wonder how many people who would vote for Nenshi will actually show up and vote on the election day.
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