[Opinion] Where the Conservative Party and Pierre Poilievre Stand in Public Opinion - Abacus Data

Weekly Writ 1/22: Where Poilievre’s numbers have dropped the most

Welcome to the Weekly Writ, a round-up of the latest federal and provincial polls, election news and political history that lands in your inbox every Thursday morning.Pierre Poilievre faces his leadership review next weekend at the Conservative Party’s convention in Calgary. With that vote just around the corner, a big shift in his personal ratings picked up by Abacus Data in its latest poll captured my attention.Abacus found that 48% of Canadia…

Where the Conservative Party and Pierre Poilievre Stand in Public Opinion - Abacus Data

Between January 12 and 16, 2026, Abacus Data surveyed 2,008 Canadian adults as part of a new research series examining public opinion about the Conservative Party of Canada and its leader, Pierre Poilievre, as he faces a leadership review vote at the party’s convention at the end of the month. This first installment establishes the baseline: where the Conservatives stand in the current political environment, the composition of their support, and…

Poilievre’s Numbers Slip as Leadership Review Nears

With the benefit of hindsight (and regular polling), anyone looking at the federal numbers released since late summer would likely reach the same conclusion: the federal landscape — at least as far as the main parties are concerned — has remained remarkably stable. This is not unexpected, given that Canada just went through a federal election last April. Post-election numbers tend to crystallize for a while — until they don’t.Voting intentions, …