Federal leaders trade barbs on COVID-19, Indigenous rights in French election debate Ipsos’ Political Atlas tracker measures sentiment and volume on Twitter and can act as a “leading indicator” of both how leaders perform as well as their overall reach into the social media universe.The volume of Twitter traffic about the leaders favoured Trudeau going in, as he attracted slightly more mentions on the social media platform than did his opponents, but not by much.
By the end, he was well ahead on mentions and trailed only the Bloc leader, Blanchet, in sentiment.The debate covered five issues: climate, cost of living and public finances, Indigenous peoples and cultural identity, justice and foreign policy, and health care and COVID-19..