Even Liberals Aren't Crazy About the Idea of a Liberal Majority

 

Four out of five Conservative supporters are praying for O'Toole to win a majority. 

When it comes to Liberals just half are hoping for a Trudeau majority. The other half want him to stay pretty much where he was before he foolishly called this election.

These are the findings of the latest Angus-Reid poll.


Regardless of how they vote, however, Canadians – at least at this stage in the campaign – say they largely expect an election outcome that mirrors the way government looked when the writs were dropped Aug. 15.

New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds half of Canadians (49%) saying they anticipate another Liberal minority government. Another one-in-nine (12%) say that they expect the Liberals to turn it around and win a majority. Just one-in-three (34%) expect a Conservative government in any form.

That’s not necessarily what Canadians want, however.

Asked what form of government they would prefer if they could choose, the largest group – 42 per cent – would like to see the CPC take over from the Liberals, whether in majority (32%) or minority (10%) composition. Three-in-ten (31%) would like the Liberal Party to govern again, divided evenly between hoping for a majority or minority, while slightly fewer (27%) want Jagmeet Singh as prime minister, and the NDP as the government.

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