Pandemic federal election campaign produces little enthusiasm for any party

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A campaign that started with anger over Justin Trudeau's decision to call an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is ending amid anger over conservative premiers' handling of the health crisis.

The first wave of discontent appears to have sunk Trudeau's hopes for a Liberal majority and even put in jeopardy his chances of eking out another minority.When Trudeau pulled the plug on his minority government on Aug. 15, he tried to frame the ballot question as: Who do you want to finish the fight against COVID-19 and lead the country into a robust, greener, more inclusive recovery?

The fact that Afghanistan's capital of Kabul fell to the Taliban the very day Trudeau called the election -- leaving thousands of Canadians and Afghans who had helped Canada's military mission stranded in the country -- only exacerbated anger over his timing.

And that's pretty much where things still stand heading into Monday's vote, suggesting the 2021 election result is going to wind up looking a lot like the the one that emerged in 2019. Ordinarily, Coletto says those are the kind of events that can change the trajectory of elections. But this time, they were more like brief blips.

The PPC remains unlikely to win any seats but could bleed enough support from the Conservatives to rob them of victory in close riding fights -- hence O'Toole's end-of-campaign warning to right-of-centre voters that a vote for unnamed small parties is a vote for Trudeau.

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We Liberals have lots of enthusiasm!!! Oh, you must have been talking about the CONS and NDP. Gotcha..

This one may set an all time record for apathy.

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