The 2025 federal election race is tightening as recent polling shows Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives closing the gap with Mark Carney’s Liberals this morning. The latest seat projections from Nanos Research released Thursday night show the Liberals down 17 ridings from the previous week, but projections find Toronto routinely leaning back Liberal.
Many residents welcomed new Conservative leadership when Don Stewart took the Toronto St. Paul’s seat in the closely watched byelection last June, but with the latest poll projections and new leadership— it could be anyone’s game.
Andrew McDougall is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto, Scarborough with expertise in Canadian federalism and conservative leadership. In our conversation, he tells how Carney sways dissatisfied voters and whether or not the polls are really worth their wait in this election.
