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Liberals still preferred party despite lowest numbers since 2004: poll

Support for the P.E.I. Liberal Party is at its lowest levels since 2004, according to the most recent poll by Corporate Research Associates.

Green Party's Peter Bevan-Baker is the preferred leader, based on survey of 600 Islanders

49 per cent of the 600 Islanders surveyed in November expressed satisfaction with the overall performance of Premier Wade MacLauchlan's Liberal government. (CBC News)

Support for the P.E.I. Liberal Party is at its lowest levels since 2004, according to the most recent poll by Corporate Research Associates.

However, the Liberals still remainthe preferred party on the Island.

CRA asked 600 Islanders between Nov. 1 and 30: If an election were held today, for which party would you vote?

These were the results, among decided voters, according to CRA.

Party August 2017 November 2017
Liberal Party 45% 37%
Progressive Conservative Party 24% 28%
Green Party 18% 25%
New Democrat Party 12% 11%
Other 1% 0%

The numbers show the Liberals takinga tumble of 8 per cent over August,while the PC's gained 4 points and the Greens gained 7 points.

The number of don't know or undecided, do not plan to vote, or refused to state was at 37 per cent.

The margin of error among decided voters was 5 percentage points, 95 times out of 100.

Nearly half of respondents 49 per cent expressed satisfaction with the provincial government, while 41 per cent said they were not satisfied.

Green Party Leader Peter Bevan-Baker remains the preferred leader for Islanders in the latest Corporate Research Associates poll, despite dropping four points from August to November. (Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island)

Support for Premier WadeMacLauchlanwas stable up one point to 27 per cent though Green Party Leader PeterBevan-Bakeris still the first choice forIslanderswhen it comes to the leader they want. Bevan-Baker dropped four points from August to 33 per cent.

PC Leader James Aylward was at 14 per cent, up one point from interim leader Jamie Fox's 13 per cent.

The poll has an overallmargin of error of four percentage points, 95 times out of 100.