Trudeau’s popularity plunging in Manitoba, new national poll results suggest

Posted: 4:13 PM CDT Monday, Aug. 30, 2021

Justin Trudeau’s gamble to call a snap election doesn’t appear to be paying off with Manitoba voters at this point, according to a new poll.

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Justin Trudeau’s gamble to call a snap election doesn’t appear to be paying off with Manitoba voters at this point, according to a new poll.

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Justin Trudeau’s gamble to call a snap election doesn’t appear to be paying off with Manitoba voters at this point, according to a new poll.

Instead, Manitobans surveyed last weekend appear to see the Liberal leader in an increasingly negative light, while their views of other candidates vying to be prime minister are improving.

Just a few weeks before the Sept. 20 federal election, an Angus Reid Institute poll found 30 per cent of Manitobans surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of Trudeau, down from 42 per cent on Aug. 12. That was twice as steep as his nationwide decline and marked the incumbent prime minister’s second-largest decline in support across the nation.

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Just a few weeks before the Sept. 20 federal election, an Angus Reid Institute poll found 30 per cent of Manitobans surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of Trudeau, down from 42 per cent on Aug. 12. Trudeau’s competition appeared to fare much better than he did. Forty-two per cent of those surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (up from 32 per cent). And 57 per cent saw NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a mostly positive light (up from 52 per cent). (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images files) — Tribune Media TNS Just a few weeks before the Sept. 20 federal election, an Angus Reid Institute poll found 30 per cent of Manitobans surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of Trudeau, down from 42 per cent on Aug. 12. Trudeau’s competition appeared to fare much better than he did. Forty-two per cent of those surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (up from 32 per cent). And 57 per cent saw NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a mostly positive light (up from 52 per cent). (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images files)

An Angus Reid press release notes “Trudeau has lost ground with nearly every age and gender group, while Singh and O’Toole are generating higher levels of enthusiasm.”

In Manitoba, Trudeau’s competition appeared to fare much better than he did. Forty-two per cent of those surveyed had an “overall favourable” view of federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (up from 32 per cent). And 57 per cent saw NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a mostly positive light (up from 52 per cent).

Of all Canadian regions, Manitobans were the third most likely to deem O’Toole favourable and had the second-highest approval rating of Singh.

While Trudeau had hoped to claim a majority government by sending voters back to the polls just two years after the last election, the survey doesn’t bode well for his party, either. About 33 per cent of respondents across Canada said they have decided, or are leaning toward, voting Conservative, with the Liberals in second (at 30 per cent) and NDP third (at 21 per cent.) About 40 per cent of Manitobans expected to vote Conservative, 24 per cent would choose the Liberals and 25 per cent would back the NDP.

The poll was conducted online between Aug. 27 and 29 among a representative and randomized sample of 1,639 Canadian adults within the Angus Reid Forum. The sample size is expected to have a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

— Staff