If Andrew Scheer didn’t expect much of a reaction to his Conservative leadership victory, he will not have been disappointed. If an election were held today, it suggests the Liberals would garner 43 per cent support, compared to 31 per cent for the Conservatives and 17 per cent for the leaderless NDP. In his 2014 book Winning Power, Flanagan recommended a Conservative Party in opposition should campaign from the centre, as long as it does not face a serious threat from the right. The Abacus poll suggests the Liberals have 56 per cent support from self-described left-of-centre voters, compared to 24 per cent for the NDP. Trudeau appears to have built an immune system that makes him resistant to a host of political pathogens.

Source: National Post September 06, 2017 20:25 UTC