The Ipsos poll that showed support for the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties tied also shows that Albertans are evenly divided on who would make the best premier -- but many remain undecided on that front.
The online poll of 890 voters conducted between March 20 and 25 found more than one-third were undecided about who would make the best leader.
Progressive Conservative Leader Alison Redford was considered the best potential premier by 25 per cent, while 24 per cent gave that distinction to Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith.
Liberal Leader Raj Sherman was at eight per cent, NDP Leader Brian Mason at six per cent, and Alberta Party Leader Glenn Taylor at one per cent.
Younger voters were more likely to be undecided than middle-aged and older voters, and women were more undecided than men.
The survey asked this question: “Regardless of your political preference, which of these leaders do you think would make the best Premier of Alberta?”
Here are the results on page two of the poll results
Ipsos Poll on Alberta Election Issues Tables - Mar 27 2012
The results of the survey are considered accurate within 3.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, with a higher margin of error for other sub-groupings. The respondents are drawn from more than 17,000 Albertans in the Ipsos i-Say panel.
The Ipsos survey also found the PCs and Wildrose tied with 38 per cent of decided voters. The NDP was at 12 per cent, the Liberals at 11, and the other parties at two per cent, with 22 per cent undecided.
Here's political affairs reporter Vassy Kapelos discussing the poll results and looking ahead to the campaign:
Meanwhile, an Angus Reid survey of Canadians found Redford was the fourth most popular premier in Canada, with an approval reading of 49 per cent. The same survey put Smith’s approval rating at 43 per cent. Click here for details and methodology (PDF).
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