No federal leader a ‘clear winner’ on leading an ethical government

by Janice Dickson

No federal leader has a clear advantage on the question of who would be best at leading an ethical government, according to a new poll conducted by Nanos Research for The Globe and Mail.

Twenty-three per cent of Canadians polled by Nanos Research said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May would be the best at leading an ethical government, followed by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at 20 per cent. Seventeen per cent said Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau would be best at this; 13 per cent said none of the leaders; 10 per cent said NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; and 3 per cent respectively said People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Twelve per cent said they were unsure.

Which federal party leader, if any, would be the best at leading an ethical government?

Survey of 1,000 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, conducted Aug. 29 to Sep. 4, 2019

UnsureNone of themYves-François BlanchetMaxime BernierJagmeet SinghJustin TrudeauAndrew ScheerElizabeth May11.613.42.62.910.116.520.022.8%

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SOURCE: NANOS RESEARCH.The margin of error for this survey is ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Charts may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

data

Leader	%
Elizabeth May	22.8
Andrew Scheer	20.0
Justin Trudeau	16.5
Jagmeet Singh	10.1
Maxime Bernier	2.9
Yves-François Blanchet	2.6
None of them	13.4
Unsure	11.6

“No one is the clear winner on ethics. … It doesn’t matter who’s in power, no one has a big advantage on the ethics front and it speaks to the cynicism that people have about any politician being ethical,” said Nik Nanos, the founder and chief data scientist of Nanos Research.

Nanos Research surveyed 1,000 Canadians between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4. The poll has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Respondents were also asked which federal party leader, if any, would be the best at helping the middle class and which leader would be the best at spending tax dollars wisely. They were asked which leader would be best at managing Canada’s relationship with the United States, and which leader would be best at improving Canada’s reputation in the world.

Mr. Nanos said the survey also shows that the federal election is a two-horse race between the Liberals and the Conservatives. “The NDP is realistically not in play and not a major factor,” he said.

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