No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.

The story of this election isn’t that young Canadians abandoned progressivism. It’s that they’re more open to political alternatives than they’ve been in years, writes Josh Marando. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY JOSH MARANDO

May 12, 2025

Since the Liberals’ narrow victory on April 28, a tidy narrative has taken hold: young voters abandoned the Liberals in droves and delivered a wave of support to Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. It’s a storyline that’s convenient, dramatic, and entirely too simple.

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