Jyoti Gondek is now less popular than Justin Trudeau as Calgary weathers water crisis
https://tnc.news/2024/06/27/gondek-less-popular-than-trudeau/
There’s one political leader in Canada who is less popular than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and it’s Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
According to recent data released by ThinkHQ Jyoti Gondek and the city council’s approval ratings have reached an all-time low in June 2024.
The data released tracked mayoral approval ratings since June 2014, when Naheed Nenshi held the role. At the time, Nenshi had an approval rating of 74%. This would plummet to 57% by May 2021, just before his tenure ended.
As of June 2024, Gondek’s approval rating was a mere 26%. In comparison, Trudeau’s latest approval rating was 28%.
“These ratings are unprecedentedly low. They’ve managed to break their own record for low approval ratings set in December of last year, and it seems driven primarily by negative public reactions to policies like the single-use bag bylaw and blanket rezoning,” said ThinkHQ President Marc Henry.
Among the 26% of Calgarians who approved of Gondek, only 7% strongly approved, while 19% somewhat approved of her performance.
Conversely, 48% of respondents strongly disapproved of Mayor Gondek’s performance, while 16% somewhat disapproved. Continue…