Justin Trudeau's Liberals are slumping in the polls, just a little more than two years after coming to power with a majority government. But the Liberals also shouldn't shrug this off as a normal mid-mandate slump — for the simple reason that mid-mandate slumps aren't normal. The Conservatives had an average of 33 per cent support in mid-2008, down just over three points from their 2006 election result. The Liberals under Pierre Trudeau saw their gains in the polls lost in the 1972 federal election. (Peter Bregg/Canadian Press)Conversely, those prime ministers who did experience a mid-mandate slump saw their fortunes improve by the next vote.

Source: CBC News April 03, 2018 08:00 UTC