Abacus Data | Political preferences are stable, as Canada exits pandemic, copes with inflation
Summary
Public impressions of leaders reveals similar improvement for Justin Trudeau if we look back to that February period, where his net rating was -11, today it is -5. Inflation, rising interests and the corresponding economic worries they might bring have not yet had any meaningful impact on people’s views or intended political choices. Pierre Poilievre continues to be the most popular Conservative leadership candidate by a wide-maramong those who support the party today ” The survey was conducted with 1,500 Canadian adults from May 3 to 6, 2022. A random sample of panelists were invited to complete the survey from a set of partner panels based on the Lucid exchange platform. These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source.