This is The Week in Polling, your Saturday dose of interesting numbers from top pollsters in Canada and around the world, curated by The Hub. Here’s what we’re looking at this week.
Young people are Canada’s largest conservative demographic
Source: Abacus Data
Fifty percent of Canadian voters between the ages of 18 and 29 are voting for Right-leaning parties, including the Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre, and the People’s Party of Canada led by Maxime Bernier. This indicates that young Canadians could now be the most conservative age demographic in the country.
For many years, it was widely held that Left-wing parties, like the federal NDP, gained the biggest boost from young voters. Many point to young Canadians as the reason for Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s majority government win in 2015. This narrative is seemingly bound to change come election time, as the youth vote could lead the CPC to the majority government they are polled to receive. That is, if young people actually vote. They don’t have the best track record.
