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Having conducted research for some of North America’s leading corporations and advocacy groups, we deliver global research capacities with the attention to detail and focus of a boutique firm. We have the capacity to conduct surveys, focus groups (on- and offline), membership surveys, elite and stakeholder consultations, and build online research communities. Our team combines the experience of our Chairman Bruce Anderson, one of Canada’s leading research executives for two decades, with the energy, creativity and research expertise of CEO David Coletto, PhD. We all value integrity, hard work, and creativity believing good research insights come from an intense focus on our clients, rigourous methods, and occasionally challenging convention. Whether it is a public opinion study on a challenging issue or consumer research on likelihood to recommend, our team has the experience and energy to deliver deep insights on-time, on-budget, and with creative perspective. - See more at: http://abacusdata.ca/about/#sthash.euNpekw1.dpuf

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Now and then: How have Canadian views on politics and the economy changed over 2020?

December 30, 2020

By Bruce Anderson & David Coletto

2020 was a year to remember, or perhaps to forget.

It started with rail blockades, wildfires in Australia, and Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 572 being shot down in Iran that killed 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents. A few weeks later, the Coronavirus was spreading around the world and starting in mid-March through the rest of the year, much of the country was facing serious restrictions on economic activity and social lives.

Given this unprecedented time, we were keen to track public attitudes and we interviewed more Canadians for our surveys than we have in any of our ten previous years in the business.

In this report, we do a quick comparison of some key tracking metrics comparing our first national survey in January 2020 with our last one in December 2020.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1 – The federal government’s approval rating and Prime Minister Trudeau’s personal image is better today than it was in January

2- None of the federal political parties find much more support than they did in January with the Liberals holding a slight advantage over the Conservatives at the end of 2020.

3 – Pessimism about the near term future of the economy is elevated compared to January, but personal financial confidence is remarkably similar to what we say at the beginning of the year.

Read the full report and polling data here;

https://abacusdata.ca/january-december-2020-politics-polling-abacus-data/