Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge-East) would eke out a win in the riding with 40% of the vote if an election took place now, according to a poll provided to the Western Standard by Sovereign North Research.Alberta NDP candidate Rob Miyashiro would come in second place (39%), according to the Monday poll. .Coming in third place would be undecided voters (15%). This was followed by the Alberta Party (3%), the Alberta Greens (2%), and other (1%). .Neudorf endorsed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith during the UCP leadership race in July. .READ MORE: UCP Caucus chair and MLA for Lethbridge-East endorses Smith for premier.“After several long weeks of decision making and considering my good friends Travis Toews and Rebecca Schulz, I have decided to endorse Danielle Smith for the leader of the UCP and future premier of Alberta,” said Neudorf. .Smith thanked him for his leadership as UCP caucus chair. She said he's done a tremendous job keeping the caucus together. .Miyashiro endorsed a wildfire joke aimed at the UCP on Twitter on May 5. .READ MORE: Lethbridge-East NDP candidate makes wildfire jokes about UCP on Twitter."Sad this is happening, but isn’t it kind of a Metaphor for the UCP burning this province down the past four years," said Twitter user Lucy. .Miyashiro responded by retweeting the post. .The poll was conducted through landlines and cellphones among 231 Lethbridge-East residents from May 5 to 7. It has a margin of error of +/- 5.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge-East) would eke out a win in the riding with 40% of the vote if an election took place now, according to a poll provided to the Western Standard by Sovereign North Research.Alberta NDP candidate Rob Miyashiro would come in second place (39%), according to the Monday poll. .Coming in third place would be undecided voters (15%). This was followed by the Alberta Party (3%), the Alberta Greens (2%), and other (1%). .Neudorf endorsed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith during the UCP leadership race in July. .READ MORE: UCP Caucus chair and MLA for Lethbridge-East endorses Smith for premier.“After several long weeks of decision making and considering my good friends Travis Toews and Rebecca Schulz, I have decided to endorse Danielle Smith for the leader of the UCP and future premier of Alberta,” said Neudorf. .Smith thanked him for his leadership as UCP caucus chair. She said he's done a tremendous job keeping the caucus together. .Miyashiro endorsed a wildfire joke aimed at the UCP on Twitter on May 5. .READ MORE: Lethbridge-East NDP candidate makes wildfire jokes about UCP on Twitter."Sad this is happening, but isn’t it kind of a Metaphor for the UCP burning this province down the past four years," said Twitter user Lucy. .Miyashiro responded by retweeting the post. .The poll was conducted through landlines and cellphones among 231 Lethbridge-East residents from May 5 to 7. It has a margin of error of +/- 5.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
