Liberals can't reduce their polling deficit without changing how people feel about Trudeau

Abacus Data polling suggests that there has been a strong link between feelings towards Trudeau and the public's willingness to vote Liberal since 2015

Two weeks ago, Susan Delacourt at the Toronto Star (Abacus Data’s media partner), asked me to explore in more depth why Canadians don’t like Prime Minister Trudeau. Her column in the Star came out yesterday and is a really good read.

The data comes from a national survey of 2,000 Canadian adults conducted from July 16 to 21, 2024. We asked our usual part…