New Democrats: Darrell Dexter

Darrell Dexter: The Nova Scotia premier, whose homespun image as everyone's favourite uncle helped propel the New Democrats into power in 2009, was seen in a less favourable light as the campaign for the Oct. 8 election began, according to Times Colonist. That's a long way from the lofty 50 per cent recorded by the same polling company in August 2009, two months after Nova Scotia became the first province east of Ontario to elect an NDP government. That poll sampled 1,400 people and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, 19 times out of 20 and HALIFAX - If you believe the polls, Darrell Dexter has an image problem. Earlier this month, just before the election race started, 19 per cent of 400 people who participated in an Aug. 8-31 telephone poll conducted by Corporate Research Associates chose Dexter when asked who they would prefer as premier. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.