Liberals trailing Conservatives ‘new normal’ in federal politics, says pollster

Sitting back and expecting the Conservatives to self-destruct 'is the kind of thinking that people use when they buy lottery tickets,' a former senior Liberal says. Meanwhile, Liberal pundit Scott Reid says if the current poll were a movie, it would be The Exorcist. 'For Liberals, it's that goddamned scary.'
To make up the lost political ground, the Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, need Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives to make major mistakes, says pollster David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

The Conservatives have been leading the Liberals by a double-digit margin since the summer, and there’s no sign that any immediate change is on the horizon, with some analysts saying this appears to be the “new normal” in federal politics, something about which that th...

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