Poll Shows Poilievre Reaches Record High as Most Preferred Prime Minister

January 7, 2025 TruthUSA

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is polling at his historic best in ballot support, with more than 40 percent picking him as their preferred candidate for prime minister in a new survey.

The findings of Nanos Research’s latest weekly ballot tracking indicate Poilievre is far and away the preferred choice.

Of the 1,021 Canadians surveyed last week, 40.5 percent chose the Tory leader as their pick for prime minister, up 0.5 percent over the previous week, 5.7 percent from three months ago, and more than 9 percent from a year ago.

A total of 17.5 percent chose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the latest poll, which was done before Trudeau announced his intention to step down on Jan. 6, and 13.9 percent chose NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

“While Conservatives continue to enjoy a comfortable advantage over the Liberals, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has hit a new high as the preferred person to be Prime Minister,” chief data scientist Nik Nanos said.

The number of undecided voters dropped 1 percent to 16.6 percent, while 4.6 percent said they supported Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and 4.3 percent picked Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The remaining 2.6 percent went to People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier.

Like its leader, the Conservative Party holds a substantial advantage over the competition. The Conservatives currently hold 45 percent voter support, over the Liberals’ 23 percent and the NDP’s 16 percent.

Nanos’s numbers suggest jobs and the economy is the No. 1 concern voters want the government to tackle. Next on the list was inflation, followed by health care and then housing costs.

Other concerns were Canada’s debt, the environment, immigration, and high taxes.

Four percent of respondents listed a change in prime minister as their top concern and 3.3 percent said a change in government topped their wishlist.

Those in favour of a change in Ottawa got closer to their wish on Jan. 6 when Trudeau announced he would step down as prime minister and party leader as soon as his replacement is chosen.

The announcement came after three weeks of heightened turmoil within the party following former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from cabinet. Her strongly-worded resignation letter was critical of Trudeau and escalated public calls by Liberal MPs for him to step down.

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