Poll finds strong Clinton support in Alberta and across Canada
David Blackwell, Calgary Herald, Published on: November 8, 2016 | Last Updated: November 8, 2016 8:24 AM MST, http://calgaryherald.com/news/...ta-and-across-canada
An overwhelming number of Albertans would back Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump if they could vote in the U.S. election, according to a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll released Tuesday.
The poll also found that if Trump wins, Albertans do not want the Canadian government to make it easier for Americans who don’t like the election results to move here.
Mainstreet surveyed 5,066 Canadians from November 5-6 for a poll with a margin of error of +/- 1.38, 19 times out of 20. In Alberta, the poll had a sample size of 601 people creating a four per cent possible margin of error.
The poll (you can download it here) shows 62 per cent of Albertans supporting Clinton over Trump in the U.S. election with American third parties only getting thin slivers of the vote. Here’s how it breaks down by province:
But if Donald Trump wins, the poll finds little support in Alberta, or across the nation, for easing Canadian immigration rules to make it easier for Americans opposed to the new government to move here.
The Mainstreet/Postmedia poll also looked at the demographic breakdown of the support in Alberta and Canada for the U.S. presidential candidates, finding three-quarters of Canadian women and almost 60 per cent of Canadian men would support Clinton.
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