No, not those polls. There’s not much I can say about those that hasn’t already been said. Suffice to say it’s likely a good thing we’re not in an election campaign right now.
No, today’s polling update comes from Alberta:
Progressive Conservative: 38.4%
Wildrose Alliance: 21.5%
Alberta Liberal: 20.5%
NDP: 10.7%
Other: 8.5%
There’s certainly some Wildrose momentum there. But until they actually pick a leader and let people know a bit about their party, it’s a fairly futile task to ask voters who they’d vote for. For all intents and purposes, that 21.5% is just a “Stelmach sucks” vote at this point, and nothing more.
Basically, Alberta is in Buffalo Springfield territory now: There’s something happening here, What it is ain’t exactly clear. Come back to me in January after Albertans meet the new Wildrose leader, after Stelmach’s leadership review, after all this floor crossing gossip either materializes or fizzles. That’s the poll I’ll be very curious to look at.