The federal Liberals are seeing a dive in popularity among younger voters, once the core of their base, falling 23 points behind the Conservatives by the end of August, according to new polling from Nanos Research.

The federal Liberals are seeing a dive in popularity among younger voters, once the core of their base, falling 23 points behind the Conservatives by the end of August, according to new polling from Nanos Research.

  • psvrh@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    From housing affordability to climate change, Trudeau attempted to reach out directly to the demographic that’s helped him win past elections

    Really? From the guys who

    • Did nothing about housing since 2015
    • Won’t do anything about housing that might inconvenience developers and landlords in any way
    • Is talking all sorts of “studies” and “consultations” on housing…
    • …but bought a five billion dollar oil pipeline without having to go on any such consultative exercises.

    Please. The Liberals know what they need to do to fix housing (regulation on investment & speculation, massive and direct public housing) and they know that it’ll help the youth vote. They don’t want to do it, though, because their donor class would scream and they–the Liberals–are allergic to direct public spending.

    Until they can find a “market-based solution” they won’t do a damn thing.

    And anyone who looks to the conservatives when they’re feeling “economically anxious” hasn’t paid attention to the complete trainwreck that austerity policy is. Think things suck now? Wait until the conservatives get in and do the exact same thing, only with more service cuts and tax breaks for the very rich.