REGINA OCTOBER

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Mainstreet surveyed a random sample of 603 Regina residents by Smart IVR on October 12, 2016. A mixture of landlines and cell
phones were surveyed. Margin of error: +/- 3.99%, 19 times out of 20. Results were weighed by age and gender based on the
2011 Canadian Census.

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FOUGERE SET FOR LANDSLIDE WIN

October 14, 2016, (Montral, QC) A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll nds Mayor Michael Fougere leading
in the upcoming Regina mayoral race with the support of 73% of decided and leaning voters. The
Mainstreet/Postmedia Poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.99%, 19 times out of 20. 603 Regina residents were
surveyed by phone from October 12, 2016.
It looks like Michael Fougere is headed towards a landslide win said David Valentin, executive
vice-president of Mainstreet Research. The only question at this point is exactly how much he will win by.
With many residents undecided (46%), our suspicion is few are aware an election is taking place at all.
There has been a noticeable absence of lawn signs, campaign events and announcements so far.
When we look at the decided and leaning vote we see the alternatives to Michael Fougere are all more or
less tied with Tony Fiacco leading at 9%. Ultimately polls such as the one published today become less
accurate with low turnout. We would expect the highest turnout to take place in wards where there are
competitive races for council and candidates will use their organizations to motivate voters to cast ballots.
Its very dicult to calculate how many voters - and which ones, might decide to stay home due to
complacency.
We asked Regina residents what level of government aects them the most. 34% said the municipal
government with the provincial government not far behind at 30%. Despite that, 42% of Regina residents
follow Federal politics - only 13% are paying the most attention to municipal aairs. With the current
mayoral race in Regina, and a popular Prime Minister whos making headlines at home and abroad, this
comes as no surprise, nished Valentin.
About Mainstreet Research
Mainstreet is a national public research rm. With 20 years of political experience at all three levels of
government, President and CEO Quito Maggi is a respected commentator on Canadian public aairs.
Dierentiated by its large sample sizes, Mainstreet Research has provided accurate snapshots of public
opinion, having predicted a majority NDP government in Alberta, a majority Liberal government in British
Columbia and a majority Liberal government in Ontario. Mainstreet has been the most accurate polling rm
in several by elections and the most recent Toronto mayoral election. Most recently, Mainstreet was the only
polling rm to correctly predict a Liberal majority government in the 2015 federal election.
-30Available for phone interview from Montral: David Valentin, Executive Vice-President, Mainstreet
Research. Call: 514-913-5524 or E-mail: david@mainstreetresearch.ca

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today, which candidate would you vote for?

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To which election process do you pay the most

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Which level of government would you say has

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Mainstreet is a national public research rm. With 20 years of political experience at all three
levels of government, President and CEO Quito Maggi is a respected commentator on Canadian
public aairs.
Dierentiated by its large sample sizes, Mainstreet Research has provided accurate snapshots of
public opinion, having predicted a majority NDP government in Alberta, a majority Liberal
government in British Columbia and a majority Liberal government in Ontario. Mainstreet has
been the most accurate polling rm in several by elections and the most recent Toronto mayoral
election. Most recently, Mainstreet was the only polling rm to correctly predict a Liberal majority
government in the 2015 federal election.

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