Provincial Popularity Contest: Hudak not interested, winning, regardless.

May 6th: http://globalnews.ca/news/1313199/ontario-pc-leader-tim-hudak-admits-he-may-not-be-popular/

Hudak admits he won’t win a popularity contest.

May 7th: http://ww2.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com%2F2014%2F05%2F07%2Fformer-top-pc-says-tim-hudak-cannot-win-a-popularity-contest-kathleen-wynne-will-be-re-elected

Hudak told that it IS a popularity contest. Critics name Kathleen Wynne as future winner of popularity contest, predicting liberal minority.

May 11th: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/i-m-not-running-a-popularity-contest-ontario-pc-leader-says-1.1816473

Interesting polls: http://www.cp24.com/news/notes-from-the-campaign-trail-poll-gives-tories-lead-1.1815013

Hudak: ‘I’m not running a popularity contest.’

As of recent polls, asking ‘who would make the best premier’, Hudak leads Wynne by 5-points (34% to 29%), with Horwath in third at 28%.

Recent polls suggest that among likely voters, Conservatives are the most committed to getting to the polls, with NDP voters the least committed. The Conservatives have 44% support among voters who ‘will only miss voting due to an unexpected emergency’.

Hudak joked that he didnt want: “…the power of Hudak mania to overwhelm the power of our ideas.”
(Source: May 11th link).

Hudak’s personal popularity is up two points. 72% of voters want a new government. This is up 4 points this month.

The NDP has remained relatively quiet, and are appartently waiting for the political discourse to shift away from who initiated the election in the first place. Expect the NDP to make a late push, and split the left, as Horwath’s strong popularity polling reasserts itself once voters forgive her for tossing out a government that nobody liked.

It’s more likely to be a Conservative minority or majority.

Hudak is set to stick on-point to a simple job-oriented message, and avoid the ‘foreign workers’ style blunders that hurt him last time around.

Support for Hudak continues to rise as he comes out of the gate, controlling the political conversation with a bold plan, balanced by crystal-clear talking points. “This Campaign is about Jobs.” -Hudak

Vote Conservative. -John Crawford