Nanos Number: For voters, it's the economy, stupid

Nik Nanos digs beneath the numbers with CBC Power & Politics host Evan Solomon to get to the political, economic and social forces that shape our lives.

This week's number: 47.

That's the percentage of Canadians who rate"Fiscal frameworks, managing a province's money"a 10 out of 10 in importance when evaluating provincial leadership.

The number is from a random representative online survey of 1,002 Canadians aged 18 and over, conducted by Nanos Research April 13-14, 2012. See more onthe source data here.

The "perfect 10" ranking by nearly half of respondentssuggests that management of a province's money is the mostimportant consideration for voters when choosing a premierand may help explain the recent electoral success of incumbent premiers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and even Ontario.

Watch this week's Nanos Number above.

Recognized as one of Canada's top research experts, Nik Nanos provides numbers-driven counsel to senior executives and major organizations. He leads the analyst team at Nanos, is a Fellow of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association and a Research Associate Professor with SUNY (Buffalo).