Nearly 50 percent of Canadians would support calling a federal election before next fall, a new national survey suggests.
Thirty-two percent of Canadians are ready to head to the ballot box as soon as possible while 16 percent would prefer an election to happen sooner than October 2025 but not before the end of this year, according to a newly-released Abacus Data poll.
Only 30 percent of Canadians polled don’t want an election to happen until its scheduled date in October 2025, while the remaining 22 percent have no preference.
“Not surprisingly, Conservative supporters are most likely to want an election as soon as possible while Liberal supporters are most likely to want an election in October 2025,” Abacus CEO David Coletto said in a blog post, noting that NDP supporters are more evenly split….