Nearly 64% of Alberta United Conservative Party voters support the Alberta Sovereignty Act that leadership frontrunner Danielle Smith has proposed, according to an exclusive poll conducted by Mainstreet Research, commissioned by the Western Standard..The Alberta Sovereignty Act would allow the provincial government to bypass the Canadian Constitution to prevent federal laws opposing its interests and rights to be enacted. .The poll said 13.5% of UCP supporters oppose the act, behind the 23.2% who are unsure. .But almost 41% of Albertans are opposed to the Alberta Sovereignty Act. Overall, 34% of Albertans support the Alberta Sovereignty Act, while 25% said they are unsure..The question asked only "Do you support or oppose the proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act", and did not include details about the legislation that could sway respondents. . Sovereignty pollDo you support or oppose the proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act? .Support among men and women for act was almost even, with 34.3% of men and 34.6% of women for it. Among men, 39.5% were opposed, and 41.4% of women..Undecided respondents broke down 26.1% men, and 24.1% women. .NDP voters were overwhelmingly opposed, at 82.5% against the act. This was followed by 13.3% being unsure and only 4.2% support. .The poll said 82.7% of Wildrose Independence Party of Alberta voters want the Alberta Sovereignty Act.. Voter intentionBroken out by voter intention .The majority of UCP leadership candidates held a joint press conference last week to speak out against Smith and the Sovereignty Act. .READ MORE: UCP leadership hopefuls unite against Smith's sovereignty plan.UCP leadership candidates Brian Jean, Travis Toews, Rajan Sawhney, and Leela Aheer were in attendance at the press conference to speak out against the Alberta Sovereignty Act. ."This is just these candidates coming out and sharing their collective concerns about a proposal that's been made that they feel could cause some economic damage to Alberta if it does go forward," said Team Toews communications director Leah Murray. .The poll was conducted over the phone with a sample of 1,247 Alberta adults between Wednesday and Thursday. It has a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
