Poll suggests Alberta voters’ honeymoon with Danielle Smith and UCP endures [Video]

EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News commissioned this public opinion research to be conducted immediately following the federal election and leading into the second anniversary of the United Conservative Party’s provincial election win in May 2023. 

As with all polls, this one provides a snapshot in time. 

This analysis is one in a series of articles from this research. More stories will follow.

As Premier Danielle Smith approaches the halfway point in her mandate, over half of Albertans continue to support her United Conservative Party, according to a CBC News poll.

“It’s really quite amazing that two years in, she continues to enjoy a honeymoon,” said Calgary-based pollster Janet Brown, who conducted the random survey of 1,200 Albertans between May 7 and 21 for CBC News. 

“We haven’t seen a honeymoon last this long for a politician since the Ralph Klein days,” Brown added. 

Twenty-four months after Smith’s United Conservative Party defeated Rachel Notley’s Alberta New Democrats, the polling suggests the premier continues to hang …