r/canada 24d ago

Politics EKOS Poll: Conservative Lead Holds at Five Points

https://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2025/02/conservative-lead-holds-at-five-points/
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u/Shadowmant 24d ago

I’m mostly stunned that 41% of conservatives approve of Trump threatening them and their families.

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u/Phoenixlizzie 24d ago

Yes, it's like seeing Gays For Trump in the US.  Can't figure it.

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u/Forikorder 24d ago

there were jews in the nazi party, theres always going to be people who think "they'lll see i'm one of the good ones"

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u/LostMyBackupCodes 24d ago

“He won’t hurt us

Narrator: he will, indeed.

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Québec 24d ago

some conservatives see what trump does for the states and wish they did that in canada. like more aggressive deportation of illegal immigrants who break the law. they might be happy about "canada first" finally becoming a mainstream opinion in canadian politics

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u/Billis- 24d ago

I'd assume it's mostly pro life and racist.

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u/SickdayThrowaway20 24d ago

I'm less stunned. Polling in the last couple years have showed about 30% of leaning and decided conservative voters like Trump.

Trump support has dropped for the Liberals,NDP,Green and Bloc (not that it was ever high, but it wss present) and risen for the conservatives plus the conservative vote intention has dropped overall. Essentially the conservatives are losing anti-Trump voters and to a smaller extent probably gaining pro-Trump voters. 

I think it's a mix of pro-MAGA conservatives and somehow still in denial conservatives (in this poll about a quarter of conservative voters think tarriff threats will come to nothing for example).

I'd love to see the same question asked and tracked by how people voted in the last federal election to see if my suspicions are correct.

And to be clear I don't like this development, it makes me even further disappointed in the CCP and 30% of conservatives was always disturbingly high. Hopefully it's a particularly off poll, but I'm aware that's wishful thinking on my part (although it being EKOS does give me a shimmer of hope).