Almost half of Canadians describe Trump followers as cultists in new poll [Video]

Referring to the followers of Donald Trump and his Republican Party as people who are in a cult is justified, say over half of Canadians in a new poll.

The data released Wednesday by B.C.-based polling firm Research Co. shows 47 per cent of Canadians have a negative view of the president-elect, alongside 46 per cent of Americans.

The two-country poll asked people whether they thought it was fair or unfair to refer to followers of certain political parties and people as a cult, a term often used to describe a group of people with unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices considered outside the norms of society.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a cult is a group of people with beliefs or practices regarded by others as “strange or sinister.”

While those holding the opinion were of all ages, the middle-aged respondents agreed with the comparison the …