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National Post
08-07-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Majority of Canadians unfamiliar with possible NDP leadership contenders, poll finds
A new poll suggests most Canadians are unfamiliar with nine possible NDP leadership contenders. Article content A majority of respondents to the Research Co. poll said they 'don't know who the person is' when asked about possible candidates like current NDP MPs Leah Gazan, Gord Johns, Jenny Kwan and Heather McPherson. Article content The same goes for other high-profile New Democrats like former House leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau, former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart and filmmaker Avi Lewis. The poll also asked about former MP Nathan Cullen and Tony McQuail, an Ontario farmer who plans to enter the leadership race. Article content Article content Brosseau got the most positive response in the poll, with 18 per cent of respondents saying they have a favourable view of her. Kwan, meanwhile, had the largest number of poll respondents saying they 'definitely' or 'probably' want to see her run for the leadership — a combined 22 per cent. Article content Article content The polling industry's professional body, the Canadian Research Insights Council, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population. Article content On Tuesday, the party announced the formal launch of its 'review and renewal' process after former leader Jagmeet Singh lost his own seat and resigned as leader in the April 28 election. Article content The process will be led by human rights lawyer and former Ottawa NDP candidate Emilie Taman. Article content The NDP lost official party status after being reduced to just seven seats in the House of Commons, five shy of the 12-seat threshold for recognition. Article content Article content The party says the consultation stage of the review will begin 'in the coming weeks' and include discussions hosted by local campaign teams, listening sessions with party leaders and one-on-one meetings with current and former MPs, plus key campaign staff. Article content Article content Party members can also share their input through an online survey or by emailing the party. The deadline for these submissions is Sept. 19. Article content Article content
Daily Mail
09-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Trump's latest approval rating revealed amid his public feud with Elon Musk
A new poll shows that President Donald Trump 's approval rating has fallen after his public feud with Elon Musk over the spending bill he is trying to push through Congress. Trump's approval rating is now at 47 percent, according to the latest Daily Mail tracking poll conducted with J.L. Partners. It is down three points from May when Trump was at 50 percent approval. In the latest poll 53 percent said they disapprove of the president's job performance. The poll included 1,006 registered voters questioned on June 6, and had a 3.1 percent margin of error. Musk is also now less popular with all Americans as 56 percent have an unfavorable view of the eccentric billionaire. Just 34 percent of those polled view Musk favorably with 10 percent undecided. Despite Trump's ugly blowup last week with Musk, a plurality of Americans remain supportive of the president over the founder of Tesla. The poll found 31 percent say they support Trump while just 23 percent side with Musk in the feud, and 46 percent were unsure. The majority of Republicans, 59 percent, side with Trump, while just 12 percent side with Musk. Twenty-eight percent of Republicans remain unsure. Twenty-six percent of unaffiliated Americans also support Trump, with 20 percent siding with Musk. A plurality of Democrats now side with Musk, with 35 percent now backing him rather than just ten percent who support Trump. The majority of Democrats and unaffiliated Americans, each at 54 percent, are also uncertain about who to side with, suggesting room for each figure to grow their support. Despite Musk's threat on Thursday to create a new political third-party, there is still minimal support among American voters for the idea. Just four percent of voters signal support for a Musk party while 42 percent support a Democratic candidate and 35 percent support Republicans. After hardcore Trump supporters publicly called for Musk to get deported, just 30 percent of Americans support the idea while 35 percent of opposed. Musk left the White House at the end of May ending his time as a special advisor to Trump and spearheading his effort to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse with his DOGE team. But voters are increasingly skeptical about the success of his efforts. Forty-one percent view Musk's DOGE as a failure and 33 percent view it as a success. Twenty-five percent are now unsure about DOGE. A majority of Republicans, 57 percent, view the DOGE effort as a success while 60 percent of Democrats view it as a failure.
Reuters
20-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Trump's approval rating ticks lower, economic concerns weigh, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating ticked slightly lower this week to 42%, matching the lowest level of his new term as Americans kept a dour view of his handling of the U.S. economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The results of the three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed a marginal dip from a week earlier when a Reuters/Ipsos survey showed 44% of Americans approved of the job Trump was doing as president. The poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points. While low by historical standards, Trump's popularity remains higher than it was for much of his first term as president and is also stronger than what his Democrat predecessor Joe Biden had during the second half of his 2021-2025 term. Trump's high point remains his 47% rating in the hours after his return to the White House in January. His approval has shown little movement in recent weeks. Just 39% of respondents in the poll said Trump was doing a good job managing the U.S. economy, unchanged from a week earlier. Trump won the 2024 presidential election on a promise to bring about a golden age for the U.S. economy, but his aggressive measures to reshape global commerce - including levying heavy tariffs on major trading partners - have increased the risks of recession, economists say. Inflation rates in the United States soared under Biden but have been trending lower for several years. Some 33% of respondents in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll gave Trump a thumbs up on how he was managing the cost of living, up from 31% a week earlier. Many economists, however, expect inflation will heat back up as tariffs put pressure on the profits of importers. Trump on Saturday urged Walmart, the world's largest retailer, to "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming them for the retailer's increased prices. He has urged the country's independent central bank, the Federal Reserve, to lower interest rates, but central bankers have also expressed worry over the prospects of higher inflation. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, carried out online and nationwide, surveyed 1,024 U.S. adults May 16-18.
