Now that the dust has settled on the federal election, there is some renewed interest in electoral reform.
According to a study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, support for proportional representation is surging. This upward trend is particularly noticeable among Conservative voters. Of course, the CPC won the popular vote in this year’s election, although the Liberals were able to remain in power.
Sixty-nine per cent of CPC voters say they want to change the electoral system. For comparison, back in 2016 just 28 per cent of Conservative supporters said the same thing.
In fact, Angus Reid says there is increasing support across all parties for electoral reform, with 68 per cent of those surveyed saying they would support such a change.
Regionally, voters in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are most in favour of change, with 78 per cent saying they would like to switch to proportional representation.
The full report is available on the Angus Reid website.
