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Saskatchewan is to have an election in three months, and Premier Brad Wall appears to have achieved the impossible: he’s still popular.

In fact, very popular. At 59% approval rating, he’s 31 points ahead of the nearest opposition. One pollster says the election has the look of a “cakewalk”.

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Wall has been premier for eight years. He’s the most popular premier in Canada. He may be the only popular premier in Canada. He’s the only remaining conservative premier as well, which makes it doubly remarkable. He won the 2011 election by a 32-point margin, which he could match when this year’s vote is held on April 4. While the country has been struggling through an avalanche of bad news, and governments have been falling left and right, he may be more popular than ever.

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How has he managed this remarkable feat? Prudence might have something to do with it. A sound grasp of the people he represents may be another. And personality could be a third. While being quizzed by a local columnist during a year-end interview, Wall laughingly started a response, “You jerk…”