Pablo is caught in a dilemma: he has the momentum in the QLP leadership race, but the tide is clearly not always incoming. According to several Léger polls, a plurality of QLP supporters are looking for another leader with the race officially beginning next month.
Rodriguez has the support of just 28% of Liberal voters, compared with 49% who are searching for another candidate. Looking at all voters, Pablo has the support of twenty-five percent while fifty-six percent of voters want an undetermined candidate to lead the party.
That's why Rodriguez talks about future endorsements; he knows full well that L'Équipe Pablo's momentum is certainly not growing. It's more like a plateau with the solid backing of only a third of the party. Not exactly impressive, and definitely not spectacular.
And there's more. If there were a general election in Quebec today, the PQ would get thirty-three percent of the vote, while the QLP with Pablo as leader would pick up only twenty-six percent. That's still much better than the CAQ, which is far behind with fifteen percent.
It definitely was a major error in political strategy to enter this race without first having the solid support of at least fifty percent of Liberal voters. In short, Rodriguez must resign himself to this disappointing political reality, which no doubt will be very difficult to swallow.
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