Poilievre's Conservatives end 2024 hitting long-term high in the polls amid Trudeau resignation calls: Nanos
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Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are closing out 2024 hitting a new long-term high in ballot support, with a 26 point advantage over the Liberals amid calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign.
Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are closing out 2024 hitting a new long-term high in ballot support, with a 26 point advantage over the Liberals amid calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign.
According to Nanos Research's latest weekly ballot tracking, the federal Conservatives currently hold 47 per cent of support, over the Liberals' 21 per cent. Jagmeet Singh's NDP are not far behind, sitting at 17 per cent support.
"What it means is, going into 2025, the biggest winner is Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives, and the biggest losers are both Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh, because both the numbers for them and their parties are down in the close of 2024," said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist at Nanos Research.
This comes as the country waits to learn how Trudeau will respond to calls for him to step down or call an election in early 2025.
After a rocky fall sitting ended in chaos with the surprise resignation of Chrystia Freeland, Singh said his party was ready to pull its support for the Liberal minority government in the new year. Poilievre is pushing for that non-confidence vote to happen as soon as Parliament resumes.
Over the holidays, calls came from the Ontario and Atlantic caucuses for Trudeau to resign, and now it appears the Quebec caucus has reached that consensus as well. Nanos said the turmoil within the Liberal party is "definitely" having an impact on Canadians.
Nanos tracking also has Poilievre has the preferred choice for prime minister among 40 per cent of Canadians surveyed, followed by Trudeau at 17.4 per cent and Singh at 13.9 per cent. Another 18 per cent of voters said they were unsure who they preferred.
