Juno News - April 13, 2025


Poilievre’s massive rally turnouts across Canada are now translating into momentum in the polls


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00:00:00.000 When you just look kind of objectively at the different campaigns, right, you see Pierre
00:00:04.380 Polyev with these huge lineups, these huge events. I mean, 15,000 people in Edmonton. They kept having
00:00:09.920 to change the venue because they needed bigger and bigger locations. And it wasn't just in
00:00:13.640 Edmonton in this sort of prairie conservative heartland. He's also having these huge showings
00:00:19.300 in suburban Ontario, in places that have long been liberal and even NDP strongholds. He had a big
00:00:25.320 rally out Prince Edward Island, another one in Sault Ste. Marie. I mean, these are not places
00:00:30.400 where conservatives traditionally have huge levels of support. And yet people are going out in public
00:00:36.900 and really kind of voting with their presence and showing that they are excited and that there's
00:00:43.580 enthusiasm behind Pierre Polyev. And I think this is the first time we're really starting to see that
00:00:47.760 translate into the polls. Is that how you read it as well, David?
00:00:50.940 I think that we're clearly starting to see some more momentum getting behind Pierre Polyev, this movement that we've seen in the national ballot.
00:00:59.100 And even in regions such as Ontario, we see the race tightening quite significantly.
00:01:04.620 So in Ontario, as an example, we have the Conservatives up three compared to our last poll with the Liberals down by four and the NDP up by one.
00:01:11.820 These are numbers that are really manifesting that change that people are trying to look for among the electorate.
00:01:20.080 And as people have more and more of these conversations, they start to learn more about the different policies and platforms that are being proposed by the different leaders or some of the other more intangible things like leader qualities.
00:01:29.940 Like this is all manifesting into how people are firming up their decision to vote.
00:01:36.220 And we've seen in the past that Pierre has been able to get significant numbers of people to his rallies and they become more and more and more impressive as time goes on.
00:01:47.440 So to your point, whether it's in Borden-Carlton, Prince Edward Island, or Sault Ste. Marie, or even in Edmonton, it's absolutely incredible to see this kind of momentum.
00:01:57.580 And I think you're really starting to see this show up in the numbers.