The Parti Québécois (PQ) of Paul St-Pierre Plamondon still obtains the favor of Quebecers, even in these times of economic uncertainty caused by the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House.
This is what suggests a new Léger survey commissioned by the Bloc Québécois in Ottawa, conducted online with 1,003 Quebec respondents from January 17 to 19, and including The Canadian Press got a copy.
If a general election were held today, the PQ would obtain 34% of support (+3% since December), compared to 25% for François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) (+1%).
The Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) receives 15% of voting intentions, Québec solidaire (QS), 12%, and the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ), 11%, according to the Léger firm.
The needle has moved very little for a year; Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon’s small team of four deputies remains at the top of the polls, more popular than the Legault government, which is nevertheless hopeful of turning things around.
At the pre-sessional caucus of his political party in Saint-Sauveur this week, the Prime Minister and leader of the CAQ, François Legault, did not fail to compare the “Trump crisis” to that of COVID-19.
He presented himself as a safe bet, having led Quebec during the pandemic years, and warned that the Quebec economy would be turned upside down if Mr. Trump decided to impose customs tariffs of 25%.
-The coming to power of Donald Trump indeed constitutes a “challenge” for the opposition in Quebec, Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon admitted Thursday in Terrebonne.
He said he feared that all the political issues in Quebec would be obscured by the responses that the Legault government will give to economic threats from the United States.
Another downside for the PQ: support for sovereignty stagnates at 37%, according to Léger. Mr. Legault indicated Tuesday that he will let the “two old parties,” the PQ and the PLQ, argue on the issue.
Since it is a non-probability poll, it has no margin of error. As an indication, a probability sample of 1003 respondents would have an assumed margin of error of ±3.09%, 19 times out of 20.
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