An Angus Reid Poll, July 26 to 28, 2010; 800 sampled (their copy, local copy) has the following results:
Voting intention:
NDP – 48%
BC Liberal – 27%
Green – 13%
Conservatives – 6%
Others – 6%
The regional split numbers are not too dissimilar from the previous month’s poll, as well as the core results. The only news here is that the lack of change would suggest that there has not been a “simmering down” of public opinion with respect to the HST implementation, and this is likely to continue.
The poll does ask, in separate questions, “If Carole Taylor/Diane Watts became leader of the BC Liberal Party, how would you vote?”, and their results were roughly similar, with the NDP winning about 43% to BCL 34%. I think the only conclusion you can take from this is that the Premier is, not surprisingly, a drag on the popular support of the overall party. This is not unique to this term in office, but it is especially pronounced now since his own personal popularity has fallen off the Grand Canyon, with 14% approving and 75% disapproving of his performance. Interestingly enough, Carole James is not a hotbed of favouritism either, with 28% approving and 39% not approving.