Konservative hatten ein „Führungsproblem“, kein „Strategieproblem“: Liberal Campaign Director

I think this shows the opposite of what the Kory Teneyckes of the world were saying, pivoting towards Trump would have distracted from the topics where the Conservatives were winning on, like COL and crime. You don’t want to let your opponents set the ballot question, since they choose topics on which they win.

But Poilievre still had a massive likeability problem, and I don’t think that is fixable. The fact that the Conservatives had to pull Poilievre from their ads during the final weeks of the campaign because he was so unpopular, and are now planning to keep him around is insanity. He was the single biggest drag on the campaign and couldn’t even win his own riding. Their biggest problem every election is leaders with negative approval ratings, and they keep doubling down.

And while the strategy during the campaign period wasn’t flawed for the Conservatives, they made massive mistakes beforehand. Any of: not winning Toronto-St Paul’s, not running attack ads against the NDP, or not backing Trudeau into a corner, would have resulted in a massive Conservative majority. They had a 25 point lead, and all they had to do was be patient and not blow it. Total failure.