Polls say blackface bombshell didn’t shift much, but could still be a game changer

There are at least three ways this campaign moment could shift the trajectory of the 2019 federal election.

Early evidence suggests that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's, left, blackface controversy did not fundamentally change public attitudes, with Liberals and Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, centre, still in a deadlock, writes Abacus Data's David Coletto. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, right, has benefitted from increased exposure as a result. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID COLETTO

September 25, 2019

OTTAWA—Campaigns tend to surprise us these days. The 2015 election started with the NDP leading with the Liberals in third. It ended with a Liberal majority propelled by a sharp rise in youth voter turnout. The 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign was Hillary Clinton’s to lose, which she ended up doi...

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