Canada elections: Liberals take early lead in a contest overshadowed by Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump says Canada as a US state 'would be great' As Canadians vote, Trump has reiterated his stance on incorporating the northern neighbor.
53% : "I have to be honest, as a state, it works great," said Trump, who previously threatened to make the country the 51st state through economic coercion.
45% : Carney has notable experience navigating economic crises after running Canada's central bank and later becoming the first non-U.K. citizen to run the Bank of England.
44% : Carney has set a goal of free trade within the country's 10 provinces and three territories by July 1.
43% : A Toronto voter says Poilievre 'sounds like mini-Trump' Toronto resident Reid Warren says he voted Liberal because Poilievre "sounds like mini-Trump to me."
40% : Canada election pit PM Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre as front-running candidates in a race that's all about Trump.
39% : Trump posted.
36% : Trump reiterated his claim that the U.S. doesn't need anything from Canada -- including autos and oil.
30% : But U.S. President Donald Trump began threatening Canada's economy and sovereignty, infuriating Canadians and generating a surge in nationalism that boosted the Liberals' chances.
26% : "We can give ourselves far more than Donald Trump can ever take away," Carney said.
20% : Trump insists that Canada needs the US more than the US needs it Trump reinserted himself into Canada's election during a signing ceremony inside the Oval Office, saying Canada "would cease to exist as a country" if the U.S. stopped buying its goods.
17% : Poilievre urges Trump to stay out of election Poilievre, who has been criticized for not taking a firmer stance against Trump, responded to the U.S. president's post with a post of his own.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.