A poll commissioned by citizens group Let Antigonish Decide states 70.4 per cent of
respondents feel Antigonish Town and County residents should be given a vote before a merger of the two municipal bodies is considered.
A report from Mainstreet Research states they conducted a survey using automated telephone interviews on landlines and cell phones on March 12th and 13th, and involved 344 Antigonish Town and County residents. The margin of error is plus or minus 5.3 percent at the 95 per cent confidence level.
The poll asked residents how likely they would be to vote for the mayor, warden, and councillors who voted to ask the province for special legislation to dissolve the town and consolidate it with the county, with 47.6 per cent responding with much less likely. Also when asked how likely they would be to vote for their local MLA or the Premier in the next provincial election if consolidation takes place without a public vote, 44.2 per cent responded with much less likely.
989XFM received additional information Monday from the pollster to support these findings.