Nearly Half of Albertans Still Haven't Decided on Nine Referendum Questions, CBC-Commissioned Poll Suggests
A new poll commissioned by CBC News suggests Albertans are divided over immigration — though the outlet reports attitudes are softening — and that nearly half of respondents still don't know which way they'll vote on the nine non-separation questions in the Oct. 19 referendum. The undecided figure is the more striking one: a split electorate on immigration is a familiar story, but a large bloc with no position at all, three weeks out, is a different problem for anyone trying to read the result in advance.
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Nine separate questions, plus immigration, and nearly half of Albertans still haven't picked a side. That's a large pool of voters, not a settled verdict.
Undecided early on isn't the same as persuadable. It can mean people simply haven't started paying attention yet — and 'softening' can describe anything from warmer feelings to cooler ones.