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by m-hodges 201 days ago
> There's a reason he lost the 2020 election, but voters had 4 years to forget those reasons and look back with rose-colored glasses.

So many people forget that Joe Biden did, in fact, defeat Donald Trump.

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And that covid happened and made everyone mad and kicked out the incumbents in every major election in the world.
Trudeau got a lot of hate, but won next election. But your point stands, covid was turning point in Trudeau's popularity, Liberal's kept power between Trudeau stepping down more gracefully than Biden, Carney being a very centralist candidate (it's a compliment when your opposition is down to accusing you of stealing their policy ideas), & Trump's recent victory giving many the ick towards Poilievre