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.
Eight in ten Canadians approve of the prime minister’s resignation
Source: Pallas Data
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he had decided to step down as prime minister and Liberal Party leader after his party elected a replacement. Seventy percent of Liberal supporters approve of Trudeau’s resignation compared to 88 percent of Conservative voters, 76 percent of NDP voters, and 88 percent of Bloc Québécois voters.
Over half (51 percent) of the 81 percent of Canadians who approved of his resignation “strongly” approved, while only 19 percent disapproved at all.
Another poll conducted after his resignation also found that a majority of Canadians (nearly 60 percent) are “satisfied” with his decision, with over 40 percent of them being “very satisfied” with it. Only 19 percent of Canadians are dissatisfied with it.
Trudeau resigned after the Liberal party’s polling hit a 157-year low of 16 percent. Along with his resignation, Trudeau prorogued Parliament until March 24.
