Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds
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About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said. The November U.S. election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

The November U.S. election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

Sixty-four percent of respondents in the Angus Reid Institute poll of 1,510 Canadians said they agreed with the statement: “U.S. democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump.” Twenty-eight percent disagreed.

The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters seeking to block certification of Biden’s 2020 election win shocked many Canadians, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly blamed Trump for inciting the mob.

Trump has vowed if elected again to punish his political enemies, and he has drawn criticism for using increasingly authoritarian language.

Three times as many Canadians say a Biden victory would be better for Canada’s economy (53%) than a Trump win (18%), according to the poll which was seen exclusively by Reuters. The poll, taken between Jan. 9-11, had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points

  • Avid Amoeba
    6·
    10 months ago

    They also are unfortunately on a path towards putting Conservatives in government here in Canada.

    Not quite. The conservatives aren’t enough to put the CPC in government. They need folks who’d otherwise vote for one of the other parties in order to win. So in a way, it’s some of the rest of us who would put the conservatives in office.

    • Kedly@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

      I’m starting to see a lot of poor coworkers think PP would do a better job than Trudeau, and as usual dont realise they can vote NDP or Green if the Liberals are pissing them off…

      • Avid Amoeba
        3·
        10 months ago

        I’m not surprised. It’s pretty standard to think cons would improve their lives when that can’t be further from the truth. It’s not like the libs are super labor friendly but at least they aren’t actively anti-labor, unlike the cons. I wish folks got how the system works a bit better. Specifically how capital extracts profit from labor and how labor can take more the profit they created. Cause this is at the base of everything and no amount of tax cuts can compensate, and precisely these coworkers can change that. And that’s a durable change, irrespective of which bobble head is in power.