Liberal leadership hopefuls face uphill battle to present themselves as ‘change’
It’s difficult to ‘firebomb’ the Trudeau legacy during the leadership campaign when many party members still approve of the prime minister, says pollster David Coletto. But this leadership race is ‘the first act of the general election,’ and candidates will have little time afterwards to ‘pivot,’ says former Liberal staffer Dan Arnold.
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, left, former finance minister Chyrstia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are considered potential Liberal leadership candidates. A Jan. 9 Abacus Data poll found 45, 57, and 52 per cent of respondents, respectively, perceived them as similar to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Liberal leadership hopefuls will need to craft their message for “two different audiences” as they face the prospect of a whiplash “pivot” from the leadership campaign to the general election, say pollsters.
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