For years, he texted vulnerable women. Then they found out who he was

P olls come and go, and seasoned political observers know better than to overreact to a single bad result. But eventually, the numbers stack up, warning signs mount, and the message becomes impossible to ignore. After a turbulent spring session at the National Assembly in Quebec City, a series of polls have made clear that Premier François Legault’s personal popularity has taken a nosedive. The latest data, from Pallas Data and published by L’actualité last week, not only shows the Coalition Avenir Québec at its lowest support level in over a decade—it also suggests Legault himself...