McNeil Liberals remain Nova Scotia's most popular party

Nova Scotias governing Liberals remain the provinces most popular political party, according to a new poll.

Corporate Research Associates asked 800 Nova Scotians how satisfied they were with Stephen McNeils government.

Their popularity is rising:

• Nov. 2014: 63% mostly/completely satisfied
• May 2014: 62% mostly/completelysatisfied
• Feb. 2014: 58% mostly/completelysatisfied
• Nov. 2013: 50% mostly/completelysatisfied

Margaret Brigley, CRAs president, called the popularity unprecedented.

"What we have not seen in more than 15 years is a period from the election, a year later where weve had incremental growth in public satisfaction with the performance of the government, she said Monday.

• Read the full results here

About 25 per cent are dissatisfied with the government.

Also, 64per cent of decided voters said theyd back the Liberals in a new election, compared to 18 per cent for the Progressive Conservatives and 15 per cent for the NDP.

Among the party leaders, McNeil again earned the most support:

• 47% backed McNeil as best leader
• 14% backed PC Leader Jamie Baillie
• 11% backed interim NDP Leader Maureen MacDonald

The poll was conducted from Nov. 6 to Nov. 26 and CRA considers the results accurate to within plus-minus 3.5 percentage points, 95 out of 100 times.