Based on the YouTube video statisics of the party leaders’ media scrums, Maxime Bernier was the clear favourite–he had the most views & engagement, and highest approval rating. Andrew Scheer was a distant second, with less than 25% of Bernier’s engagement, and an approval rating of 50%.

This election appeared to be a race between Maxime Bernier and Andrew Scheer, but that isn’t what happened.

What do you think these numbers are telling us?

 

Post-Debate Scrum (English) Views Likes Dislikes Approval
Maxime Bernier (video) 91,862 4,954 301 94%
Andrew Scheer (video) 74,726 874 859 50%
Jagmeet Singh (video) 53,021 639 523 55%
Justin Trudeau (video) 27,482 249 879 22%
Elizabeth May (video) 9,759 149 321 32%