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Originally Posted by YOWetal
These polls are a bit hard to read as an actual leadership takeover changes things in ways people aren't able to respond to now. Intersting that soft Liberal voters are neutral to positive towards Freeland.
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True that ... most polls are often too speculative, however I do think this puts some water on the idea that "if only there was a new leader the LPC would win again" mode of thinking.
As acottawa has stated a number of times, it's too late for a leadership change with only 12ish months to dropping the writ. Even if JT quit today, the LPC couldn't stand up a race in less than 3 months. If boy wonder Carney won, either someone would have to quit in a safe red riding (and that would be??) with a byelection called or Carney would have to campaign for PM from the outside. Neither of which is a good spot to be in this close to an election.
Nope, the LPC wagon is hitched to JT - and it sinks or swims with him alone. What that poll does indicate is that it's not JT that's the problem (only one) with the LPC as the government, it's all the other stuff. The stuff which they give no indication of changing or even thinking needs changing.