Kinew’s popularity the highest among Canadian premiers: poll [Video]

New polling shows Manitoba’s Wab Kinew continues to be the country’s most popular premier, garnering approval from two-thirds of the province’s respondents.

According to the Angus Reid Institute’s premier popularity poll released on Thursday, Kinew has a 66 per cent approval rating, making him the only premier with an approval rating above 50 per cent. Kinew has maintained 66 per cent approval since the last poll released in June.

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When broken down further, the poll shows that 26 per cent of respondents strongly approve of Kinew, while 40 per cent moderately approve. Fifteen per cent said they moderately disapprove of the premier, 12 per cent responded that they strongly disapprove, and seven per cent said they aren’t sure.

Angus Reid conducted this online survey from Sept. 12 to 18 among a randomized sample of 3,985 …