Early results from CBC's Vote Compass show that Manitobans care deeply about taxation this provincial election.

Although the civic engagement tool is not considered an opinion poll, Vote Compass's findings are based on 3,029 respondents who participated in Vote Compass from March 15 to March 21, 2016.

Manitoba political analyst Chris Adams said the results reveal Manitobans are breaking away from the typical election concerns.

"Health care is traditionally a very high issue area for voters across North America and we know in particular in Canada," said Adams.

"In this election, it looks like taxation has really superseded both the traditional ones, health care and education."

The first Vote Compass results suggest health care and the environment trail closely behind taxation. Education is the sixth most important issue.

Adams said those who tend to think about taxation on election day tend to vote Progressive Conservative in Manitoba.

"That's not very good news for the NDP right now," he said.

Adams added the NDP and Liberals could take some comfort in the fact Vote Compass suggests the environment and health care are among the top three important issues for Manitobans.

Vote Compass revealed clear differences between the genders of respondents to the tool.

For women overall, health care was actually the most important election issue, for men taxation was the most important issue.

Along with health care, female respondents viewed environmental issues as a larger concern than men as well as childcare and poverty issues. Men valued taxation, deficit and spending, the economy, accountability, and energy and agriculture as more important than women using Vote Compass.

"This really does fit the literature about differences between gender," Adams said.

"I would have thought it would have been a more nuanced difference, but it's stronger than I expected."