Poilievre’s Conservatives hold massive lead over Trudeau’s Liberals, poll finds
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Polls continue to show that if an election were held today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals would lose in significant fashion to Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives.
(LifeSiteNews) –– According to a new poll, if an election were held today, the Conservative Party of Canada under its leader Pierre Poilievre would handily win a majority government with some 179 seats, a sizable increase from its current seat count of 117.
This scenario is according to a recent poll from 338Canada, which shows Poilievre’s Conservatives mopping up the House of Commons floor with massive gains whilst reducing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party seat count from 158 to just 103.
In data released today by Angus Reid, 32 percent of Canadians say Poilievre would best lead the country, with only 17 percent saying the same thing for Trudeau.
This, according to pollsters, is a crucial finding indicating Trudeau’s days as prime minister are numbered.
“The popularity of both the governing party and its leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have been on a consistent slide, and the latest results of a public opinion survey from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute do nothing to reassure a shrinking Liberal base,” wrote pollsters.
“More critically, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is now seen as best prime minister by twice as many as those who say the same of the actual prime minister (32 versus 17 per cent) and is additionally viewed by a plurality (41 per cent) as best to manage the economy.”
Trudeau’s Liberals currently have 158 seats, while the New Democratic Party (NDP) has 25 and the Bloc Québécois has 32.
The 338Canada poll shows that if an election were held today, the Bloc Québécois would take home 33 seats while the NDP would win only 21 seats. The Green Party would win 2 seats, while Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada (PPC) would win none.
In the House of Commons, 170 seats are needed for a majority, from a total of 338 available seats.
The 338Canada poll was published on September 3, 2023, and is “a statistical model of electoral projections based on opinion polls, electoral history, and demographic data.”