Nearly two-in-three of Canadian voters surveyed — 65 percent — said they feared the very prospect of Donald Trump getting elected president of the United States. | AP Photo Poll: Canadians are terrified of Trump

Canadians seem worried about their neighbors to the south, if the results of a new poll out Tuesday are any indication.

Nearly two-in-three of Canadian voters surveyed — 65 percent — said they feared the very prospect of Donald Trump getting elected president of the United States, while 23 percent said they did not. The survey, conducted by Canadian polling firm Leger and sponsored by the newspapers Le Journal de Montréal and Le Devoir, also found majority support for Hillary Clinton becoming the 45th president.


While 54 percent of Canadians said they had a favorable opinion of the former secretary of state, just 13 percent said the same for Trump. Meanwhile, 70 percent said they have a poor opinion of the Manhattan real-estate developer, compared to 24 percent who said the same for Clinton.

Despite their concerns about a Trump White House, 55 percent of those surveyed said they thought Clinton would win the general election, compared with just 19 percent for Trump. Another 11 percent said they thought Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would win in November, while 4 percent said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would, and 3 percent for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

In the case of Cruz, who was born to an American mother in Calgary, Canada, 14 percent said they have a good opinion of him and 22 percent have a poor opinion. A plurality of 36 percent said they do not know him at all.

The poll was conducted Feb. 1-4, surveying 1,524 Canadian voters. The overall margin of error is plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.