British Columbians down on Trump but keen on Clinton: Poll

Four out of five British Columbians believe Canada will suffer if Donald Trump is elected U.S. president, a new Canada-wide Insights West poll has found.

In the online survey, 67 per cent of Canadians believe an American presidency headed by the billionaire reality TV star turned Republican Party frontrunner would be “bad” for Canada, including 49 per cent who consider it “very bad.” He’s even less popular in B.C., where a hefty 81 per cent of respondents said President Trump would be bad news for Canada.

The Insights West poll indicates that Trump is particularly unpopular among women (71 per cent think he would be a bad president for Canada), and Canadians who voted for the Liberal Party (80 per cent) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) (78 per cent) in the October 2015 federal election.

Only one-in-five Canadians believe Trump would be “very good” or “good” for Canada.

“Republican presidential candidates usually fare well with Canada’s Conservative voters, but Trump continues to be perceived negatively,” Mario Canseco, Vice President, Public Affairs at Insights West, said in a release. “In fact, Trump is regarded as a bad choice for Canada by 57 per cent of those who voted for the Tories in last year’s Canadian federal election.”
Canada’s support, according to the poll, is firmly behind Democratic senator Hillary Clinton.

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More than half (55 per cent) of the Canadians polled believe a presidency headed by the former First Lady and Secretary of State would be “very good” or “good” for Canada.
Clinton is well regarded by Canadians aged 55 and over (58 per cent), British Columbians (63 per cent) and federal Liberal Party federal voters (70 per cent).

Bernie Sanders, Clinton’s chief rival for the Democratic leadership, garnered mildly positive numbers with 31 per cent of Canadians considering him “good” for the country compared to 16 per cent who deemed him “bad.”

Only 21 per cent of Canadians believe Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz would be “good” for Canada as U.S. President. In spite of the controversies surrounding his birth in Calgary, more than half of Canadians either do not know who Cruz is (26 per cent) or have no opinion of his effect as president (27 per cent).

Just 13 per cent of Canadians consider Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio a “good” possible U.S. President, and more than one third (33 per cent) don’t know who he is.
The survey results come just days before next week’s Iowa caucuses (1, 2).

• Results are based on an online study conducted from Jan. 24 to Jan. 26, 2016, among a representative sample of 1,002 Canadian adults. The data has been statistically weighted according to Canadian census figures for age, gender and region. The margin of error — which measures sample variability — is +/- 3.1 percentage points. Click here to view the detailed data tabulations.

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