Trump goes and a Democrat occupies the White House? Carney still leads, poll says

The polling reflects the historically high anti-Americanism in Canada, according to Andrew Hale, a senior fellow at Advancing American Freedom

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many Canadians and Americans have at least one thing in common: They’d like to see someone other than Donald Trump in the White House.

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In the United States, this bias largely falls along partisan lines, but in Canada, resentment over the president’s “51st state” rhetoric and punishing trade tariffs is held by a majority of people. Polls show that majorities of Conservative, Liberal, and NDP supporters disapprove of Trump’s leadership and are critical of how he has treated Canada.

Geopolitical experts have long credited the rise and electoral success of Prime Minister Mark Carney to Trump’s second term and the president’s fiery approach to trade with Canada. After all, the Liberals were running more than 20 percentage points behind the Conservatives in late 2024, just before the trade war kicked off.

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