As questions loom over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, a quarter of Canadians find potential Liberal leadership candidates attractive, according to a new Nanos Research poll commissioned for CTV News. They answered that they do not feel it.
The survey provided the public with a selection of potential candidates to lead the party, including current leader Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, various ministers and other prominent Canadians. Most of those surveyed chose “none of the above.”
“The thing is, there is no savior in the Liberal Party at this point,” Nick Nanos, founder of Nanos Research, told CTV News in an interview.
The poll also found former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney to be the most attractive leadership candidate among those surveyed, with an approval rating of 18%, followed by Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. It was also found that the same rate was 11%.
Source: Nanos Research, RDD Dual Frame Hybrid Phone and Online Random Survey, November 4-6, 2024, n=1010, accuracy was 3.1 percentage points plus or minus, 19 out of 20.
Mr Carney, currently an economic adviser to the Liberal Party, has said he intends to enter elected politics, but has not said when or what kind of job he would like to take.
Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected calls from more than two dozen Liberal MPs to resign, prompting calls for a secret vote on his leadership.
In response to those concerns within its caucus, the Liberals have since released new digital ads aimed at contrasting themselves with the Conservatives, who still hold a significant lead in opinion polls.
Four per cent of people say former B.C. Premier Christy Clark is the most attractive leadership candidate, according to the latest Nanos poll.
In a statement to CTV News in October, Clark said he wanted to “participate in discussions about the future direction of the Liberal Party and the country,” but that “the position of Liberal Party leader is not always available.” As soon as I admitted it. “
Clark also said in an interview with CTV’s Power Play that he is open to returning to politics.
“From the moment I left politics, I never said I was going to close the world of politics forever,” Clark told Power Play host Vassie Kapelos.
Other ministers included in the poll are Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Transport Minister Anita Anand, Public Safety Minister Dominique Leblanc and Housing Minister Sean Fraser, all with their own approval ratings. It was less than 5%.
“It’s clear, at least for the Liberal Party, that there are a variety of leadership options,” Nanos said. “But if you’re a Liberal, you’ll probably be disappointed to see that none of the above really works.”
methodology
1,010 random interviews recruited from ground and cell line RDD samples of Canadians aged 18 years and older from November 4 to 6, 2024. The survey has a margin of error of 3.0 percentage points, plus or minus, out of 19. 20.
