“jettisoning the unpopular prime minister may not do much to improve the party’s electoral fortunes,” concluded an analysis .
according to any number of polls, a huge majority of canadians are already planning to vote against the liberals. an abacus data poll from earlier this month found liberal support at such historic lows that the party could be consigned to an unprecedented fourth place in a future house of commons.
an ipsos poll from the same period showed that 68 per cent of respondents wanted trudeau to resign as prime minister .
must trudeau go? amid chatter of his ouster, potential liberal replacements offer little room for party to recoverhttps://t.co/gr8ribhmjq pic.twitter.com/8djfxhsujd
— angus reid institute (@angusreidorg) june 24, 2024
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trudeau’s personal approval is at an all-time low; the angus reid institute’s trudeau tracker last pegged him with a rock-bottom 28 per cent approval rating, versus a 66 disapproval rating. he’s also consistently losing popularity polls to conservative leader pierre poilievre — a phenomenon that didn’t really happen with prior conservative leaders andrew scheer and erin o’toole.
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